Police destroy illegal mining operations in one of Peru's biggest raids

Police destroyed illegal gold mining operations in the deforested area known as La Pampa in Peru's Madre de Dios region last week in one of the biggest of more than 60 operations the government has launched since 2014, when it made illegal the wildcat mining that has been ravaging pristine jungle and contaminating it with tons of mercury.
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