In Peru, leaders of indigenous communities in the Amazon region denounced on Tuesday the presence of mining groups responsible for contaminating their rivers with mercury for illegal gold mining. teleSUR
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00:00 In Peru, leaders of indigenous communities in the Amazon region denounced on Tuesday
00:04 the presence of mining groups responsible for contaminating their rivers with mercury
00:09 for illegal gold mining.
00:11 Members of the 1P community said that in their territory there are at least 35 dredges belonging
00:18 to mining groups that are dedicated to sucking sediment from the bottom of the Morona and
00:23 Santiago rivers, which provide the population with water and food.
00:28 The indigenous people have presented various complaints and claims to the police and the
00:32 army but have had no response from the authorities.
00:36 Tired of the lack of response from the state, the communities confiscated materials and
00:41 detained at least seven miners who were released after four days.
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