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Aguaruna and Huambisa Indians attack and destroy Dorato Resources’ mining camp in Peru’s Cordillera del Condor

December 31, 2008 by anniether · Leave a Comment 

Fearing environmental contamination of their rivers and land, Aguaruna and Huambisa Indians trekked for a week from the Cenepa community in Peru’s northeastern jungle and attacked and destroyed Dorato Resources’ El Tambo mining camp.
The unoccupied mining camp has been destroyed, said Zebelio Kayap Jempekit, an Aguaruna-Huambisa leader who claims that copper, gold and uranium extraction [...]