Nov 4, 2022 04:43 PM
(This post was last modified: Nov 4, 2022 05:12 PM by C C.)
https://www.unilad.com/news/peru-tourist...t-20221104
INTRO: A group of 70 tourists including Brits and Americans are being held hostage by an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest. Local reports state that people from the Cuninico community in the Loreto province, situated in northeast Peru, have detained the tourists on a river boat as a protest against repeated oil spills in the Cuninico River.
Watson Trujillo, the leader of the Cuninico community, told RPP radio: "[We want] to call the government's attention with this action – there are foreigners and Peruvians, there are about 70 people."
In September, 2,500 tons of crude oil was leaked into the river, impacting several indigenous communities as well as the surrounding environment. State-owned oil company Petroperú said at the time that the spill had been a result of 'intentional' damage to a pipeline which runs between the Amazon rainforest and Peru's desert coast.
Petroperú said in a statement: "Police authorities and Petroperú were able to verify that the oil leak that spread across the Cuninico River and reached the Marañón River on Friday was the result of an intentional tear of 21 centimetres in the pipeline."
Cuninico representative Galo Vásquez told the press: "Six communities do not have water to drink or to prepare their food." (MORE - details)
British tourists among 70 taken hostage in the Amazon ... https://youtu.be/k7t2-hPPpOw
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/k7t2-hPPpOw
INTRO: A group of 70 tourists including Brits and Americans are being held hostage by an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest. Local reports state that people from the Cuninico community in the Loreto province, situated in northeast Peru, have detained the tourists on a river boat as a protest against repeated oil spills in the Cuninico River.
Watson Trujillo, the leader of the Cuninico community, told RPP radio: "[We want] to call the government's attention with this action – there are foreigners and Peruvians, there are about 70 people."
In September, 2,500 tons of crude oil was leaked into the river, impacting several indigenous communities as well as the surrounding environment. State-owned oil company Petroperú said at the time that the spill had been a result of 'intentional' damage to a pipeline which runs between the Amazon rainforest and Peru's desert coast.
Petroperú said in a statement: "Police authorities and Petroperú were able to verify that the oil leak that spread across the Cuninico River and reached the Marañón River on Friday was the result of an intentional tear of 21 centimetres in the pipeline."
Cuninico representative Galo Vásquez told the press: "Six communities do not have water to drink or to prepare their food." (MORE - details)
British tourists among 70 taken hostage in the Amazon ... https://youtu.be/k7t2-hPPpOw