Colombian justice officials are investigating the deaths of 37 children from suspected mercury poisoning in a jungle area rife with illegal mining, authorities said Thursday.
An ombudsman for the protection of human rights said it detected "significant illegal mining" in Choco, a department in the northwest of Colombia that has large indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.
Colombia's constitutional court on Wednesday accepted a legal complaint by representatives of those communities against the Colombian state suing over the deaths of the children.
Another 64 people suffered suspected mercury poisoning. Mercury is used in mining. - See more at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1416335/mercury-poisoning-deaths-children-investigated#sthash.dn8I5lgT.dpuf
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