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Mongabay: First strike against illegal gold mining in Peru: military destroys miners' boats
Around a thousand Peruvian soldiers and police officers destroyed seven and seized thirteen boats used by illegal gold miners in the Peruvian Amazon, reports the AFP. The move is seen as a first strike against the environmentally destructive mining. Used to pump silt up from the river-bed, the boats are essential tools of the illegal gold mining trade which is booming in parts of the Amazon.
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First strike against illegal gold mining in Peru: military destroys miners’ boats
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 21st, 2011
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