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A Military Plane, a Police Contingent and a Flag: Three Incidents Raise Tensions Between Colombia and Peru
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Border incidents escalate diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Peru
Tensions between Colombia and Peru have risen following a series of incidents in the disputed area of Santa Rosa de Loreto, on the Amazon River. The latest occurred on Monday, when former Medellín mayor and presidential hopeful Daniel Quintero raised the Colombian flag on Chinería Island, territory under Peruvian control. “There is no way I will let Peru take the Amazon River from us… homeland or death,” he declared in a video posted on social me
Chinería Island: Prosecutor's Office formalizes investigations against Colombian surveyors detained on Santa Rosa Island, in Loreto, Peru.
This media hit by a protégé of Colombian President Gustavo Petro punctuates a week of incidents between Peru and Colombia over the island of Santa Rosa, a modest piece of land on the Amazon.
This follows the unauthorized aerial incursion of a Super Tucano military aircraft from the Colombian Air Force into Peruvian airspace, the attempt by Colombian Police to enter Peruvian territory, an act prevented by the Peruvian Navy, the unauthorized entry of civilians to plant a Colombian flag on Peruvian territory, and the arrest of two Colombian surveyors carrying out measurements with global positioning equipment on Peruvian island Chinerí…
The events occurred yesterday, when the Peruvian Police arrested two Colombians who were doing measurements on Santa Rosa Island, the epicenter of the border dispute with this country. President Gustavo Petro described the detention as “illegal.” It is a kidnapping, he said. The arrest of Colombian contractors on Santa Rosa Island is illegal. It is a kidnapping. Colombia considers that the island of Santa Rosa has not been awarded according to t…
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