- Illegal miners, given bogus mining permits by a local villager, wreaked havoc, excavating pits everywhere, digging out streambanks, polluting waterways with sediment and allegedly with mercury, a toxic metal used to purify gold. Local farmers complained repeatedly and bitterly to the government asking for law enforcement to step in.
- read more... https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/venezuelan-gold-strike-prompts-invasion-by-3000-miners-military-raid/
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