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Tension roils Peru after deadly Amazon clashes
Lima :: Peru | 5 months ago
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49PM EDT I ndigenous protesters and Peru's army refused to back down and a truce looked distant Saturday, after two battles in the Amazon jungle killed some 50 people in the worst crisis of President Alan Garcia's term.
Tags: Peruvian Amazon, Peru Amazon, Reuters Peru, Amazon Indians, Amazon Watch, police officers, police hostages, Alan Garcia, police kills, indians protesters
Police held hostage in Peru clashes
Lima :: Peru | 5 months ago
Credibility Demonstrators in Peru are holding 38 policemen hostage as part of a protest against oil and gas exploration in the Amazon jungle. The officers were taken hostage on Saturday after clashes between indigenous Indians and police that broke out on Friday...
Tags: Peruvian Amazon, Peru Amazon, northeast Peru, Department of Amazonas, Amazonia, police officers, Bagua, police crackdown, oil drilling
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