Peru steps up fight against illegal gold mining as activity enters protected Amazon reserve
Authorities say weekly raids have destroyed about 115 motors in three months as they try to cut off miners’ profits and protect Indigenous communities.
- Eight Peruvian Navy personnel conducted a raid at an illegal gold mining site along the Malinowski River in the Madre de Dios region of Peru's Amazon rainforest as part of a government campaign against illegal mining.
- The leader of the patrol fired a warning shot, causing the illegal miners to flee into the forest during the operation.
- The government aims to stop illegal gold mining from spreading into biodiverse and protected areas of the Amazon in Madre de Dios.
- During a three-day operation, the Navy destroyed 56 motors, 78 mining rafts, and over 13,700 gallons of fuel, with damages valued at more than $4 million.
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Eight Peruvian Navy personnel jumped from a helicopter to a clearing opened by illegal miners in the Amazon rainforest along the Malinowski River, in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, lifting sand and dust whirls as they ran towards the mining site.
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