PERU SECURITY FORCES TRASH ILLEGAL MINING MACHINES

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By Associated PressMay 2, 2014, 6:31 pm39 pts
HUEPETUHE, Peru (AP) — In a surprise raid, about 1,500 police and troops dynamited $20 million worth of heavy machinery as Peru’s government dialed up a crackdown on illegal gold mining that has badly scarred the ecologically rich southeastern jungle region of Madre de Dios. The operation Monday was the…

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