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Peruvian police carry the coffin of Police Commander Montenegro Castillo after its arrival in Lima
09 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Peruvian police carry the coffin of Police Commander Miguel Montenegro Castillo who was killed during clashes with native people in Bagua, after the coffin's arrival at the airport of Lima June 9, 2009. Potentially lucrative oil and mineral reserves lie in Peru's vast Amazon region, but its Indian inhabitants are furious at being left out of plans to profit from the jungle. Weeks of tribal protests against government plans to open up communal lands to oil drilling, mining and logging boiled over last week into violent clashes with police that killed more than 60 people. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo(PERU POLITICS CONFLICT)
REUTERS/MARIANA BAZO


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Protesters march during a nationwide strike in Lima July 8, 2009. Thousands of Peruvians marched and piled boulders on highways across Peru on Wednesday to protest the pro-business policies of President ...




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