Guatemala mine's ex-security chief convicted of Indigenous leader's murder

Mynor Padilla pleaded guilty over death of Adolfo Ich in 2009Mining firms accused of litany of abuses in Central AmericaA judge in Guatemala has accepted a guilty plea by the former head of security at Central America’s largest nickel mine who was on trial for killing an Indigenous leader, in a rare conviction over human rights violations allegedly linked to Canadian-owned mining companies in the region.Mynor Padilla was found guilty on Wednesday of homicide for the 2009 fatal shooting of