By Joshua Hergesheimer, Vancouver Observer Jun 24th, 2014
Luis Fernando Garcia sits down on the stack of cinder blocks, rests his elbows on his knees and draws in a slow, shallow breath. The 19-year-old tells me it has been nearly a year since he was shot during a protest on a public road outside Escobal, a silver mine owned by Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources, in what he alleges to be an act of intimidation. While doctors have tried their best to reconstruct his nasal passages, Garcia says he still struggles to fill his lungs.
