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Friday, April 4, 2014

18 wounded in clash over wildcat mining in Peru

Dr. Marcia Calderon at the health clinic in the Madre de Dios state town of Mazuko says it's not clear how many of the wounds suffered Thursday were caused by bullets and how many by shotgun pellets.
The miners have been blocking the interoceanic highway intermittently over the past two weeks to protest an April 19 government deadline for all informal gold mining to halt. The alluvial mining is ravaging Peru's rainforest and poisoning animals and humans with mercury.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/04/03/3755876/18-wounded-in-clash-over-wildcat.html

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