Trucks on a highway in northern Peru pass two vehicles burned amid the violence that followed a deadly confrontation between Indians opposed to mining and oil drilling on land they consider theirs in the Amazon region and police. AFP/Getty ImagesUp To 36 Reported Killed In Amazon Land Protest -- AP
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Indians protesting government moves to develop oil, gas and other resources on their lands battled police in Peru's Amazon on Friday, with authorities and Indian leaders separately reporting 11 police and 25 protesters deaths.
Accounts of the clashes and death tolls varied widely, as no independent journalists appeared to be present on the remote jungle highway in the northern province of Utcubamba where the fighting took place.
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More News On The Violence Between Peruvian Police And Peru's Indians
Tribes keep Peru police hostage after Amazon fights -- Reuters
30 die as indigenous protesters, police clash in Peru -- CNN
Scores killed in Peru land clashes -- Al Jazeera
Fatal Clashes Erupt in Peru at Roadblock -- New York Times
13 killed in Peru as Indians battle police -- L.A.
2 comments:
Not surprising that U.S. media, including pro-free trade NY Times are misinterpreting the causes and origins of the Peruvian massacre.
Most U.S. news reports biased on the Amazon massacre of Peru - UDPATE on the Bagua crisis: bodies being burned down by Police - attacks continue
WNU Editor: Thank you Carlos for your comment. There are two sides to every story, and for Peru we are only getting the official version from Lima.
To have an explosion of violence on such a level tells me that there are serious problems in the region, and that more investigative reporting is needed to find out the root causes.
Peru already has a problem with a resurgent Shining Path movement, a conflict with its indigenous people is something that they cannot afford right now.
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