Armed assailants rob tourists, drain bank accounts on Peruvian Amazon boat trip

In the video, she described the event as "the worst day of my life."

Armed assailants rob tourists, drain bank accounts on Peruvian Amazon boat trip

Armed men hijacked a tourist boat in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, robbed all 14 people on board and forced them to empty their bank accounts via mobile apps, according to one of the victims.

A Spanish family booked a tour of the Amazon that turned into a nightmare. Elisabeth, the mother, tells us how they ended up kidnapped by pirates. She was traveling with her husband, parents, and 6-year-old daughter when pirates intercepted them where they were going to eat. Four armed men took control of the boat and took them deep into the jungle on the river for 20 minutes. "I thought they were going to kill us," she recalls. They demanded je…

Armed Men Rob Tourists on Popular River Cruise Route

Atourist set out on a river cruise in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, but according to her account, the group ended up being kidnapped. On May 14, a group of 14 people was intercepted by armed robbers while on an all-day boat tour from Iquitos, Peru. The assailants robbed passengers on board. Iquitos, located in the north of the country, is a port city and a common jumping-off point for Amazon river cruises. TikToker Elisabet de la Almudena post…

A group of Spanish tourists were attacked by river pirates during a trip on the Amazon. They were forced to empty their bank accounts and were threatened by the armed men.