Police in Peru raid and destroy illegal Amazonian gold mines

The plan is to put an end to the wildcat mining, which has seen 50,000 hectares of precious Amazonian land destroyed.

Colonel Cesar Sierra stressed the environmental benefits of the crackdown: “One of the greatest threats to earth is environmental devastation. One of the activities that is most harmful to the environment, is illegal mining activities, because of the use of mercury and other dangerous chemicals.”

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