Peruvian police burns down entire illegal gold mine town

Armed police swooped in to Peru’s Amazon basin this week, burning down an entire town that was home to a vast illegal gold operation, which caused the destruction of a huge swathe of rainforest. The unprecedented operation, El Telégrafo reports...

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