Peru’s Manuel Calloquispe faces threats and assaults to expose environmental damage from illegal Amazon mining

  Environmental groups blame the industry for the contaminating rivers with mercury, destroying riverbeds with dredges, and for deforestation. It’s also a source of political corruption and human trafficking as girls and young women are brought into mining areas for sex work, according to the U.N.

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