Illegal mining continues to progress alarmingly in the Peruvian Amazon, leaving in its path devastation, pollution and entire communities involved in the defense of this illegal activity. This is recorded in the provinces of Puerto Inca (Huánuco) and in Ucayali, where illegal gold fever sweeps rivers and forests.
Fourth power reached these sectors, where the residents themselves came out in defense with arrows, machetes and violencegenerating alert nationwide.
He Yuyapichis River, in Puerto Inca (Huánuco)no longer flows. It has more than 36 kilometers destroyed by illegal backhoes. What was previously jungle, today is mud, holes, stones and pollution.
Given this situation, the police and corresponding authorities carried out an operation, where the miners agglomerated to avoid the intervention. 5 were seized backhoeboats and other tools that were used for the extraction of gold illegally.
“We have found 5 machinery and have gathered and made us run. They have been with arrows, stones, deep, that is the danger (…) is becoming the mother of God”Said Dumas Campos, a prosecutor specialized in the Ucayali environment.
The situation is repeated in the Pucallpa rivers, especially in the Aguaytía River. In Curimanáengines are hidden in the thickness. Although the Patrol Navy and prosecutors destroy, the illegals return again and again.
