{"id":9532,"date":"2019-02-20T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2019-02-20T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T02:35:21","slug":"peru-law-enforcement-agents-carry-out-operation-against-illegal-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=9532","title":{"rendered":"Peru: Law enforcement agents carry out operation against illegal mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/portal.andina.pe\/EDPfotografia3\/Thumbnail\/2019\/02\/19\/000565325W.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/portal.andina.pe\/EDPfotografia3\/Thumbnail\/2018\/08\/01\/000522302W.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA, Feb 20 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; Peruvian National Police&#8217;s (PNP) and Armed Forces&#8217; patrols launched the 2019 Mercury Operation aimed at fighting illegal mining in Madre de Dios region&#8217;s La Pampa area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PNP General Luis Vera explained this action will be carried out in two stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the official, the first one will last 14 days and will take place in the buffer area of Tambopata National Reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will include\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andina.pe\/agencia\/noticia-peru-authorities-us-ambassador-overfly-illegal-mining-areas-667523.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">efforts against illegal mining<\/a>\u00a0and related offenses such as\u00a0drug-trafficking, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child labor exploitation, and tax evasion, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rescued victims of sexual and labor exploitation will be assisted by the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.pe\/mimp\" target=\"_blank\">Women and Vulnerable Populations Ministry (MIMP)<\/a>\u00a0to guarantee specialized care.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second stage \u2014called consolidation\u2014 will last six months and enable the PNP to install itself in the area to control the activities there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within this framework, 1,272 PNP agents, criminology and explosive unit experts, 300 Armed Forces members, and 70 Public Ministry representatives will participate in the operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andina.pe\/Ingles\/noticia-peru-police-razes-184-illegal-mining-camps-in-latest-crackdown-674356.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">illegal mining in Madre de Dios<\/a>\u00a0has caused the deforestation of 11,000 ha in Tambopata National Reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ministers Carlos Moran (Interior) and Jose Huerta (Defense) will take part in these actions as well.\u00a0&#8212; NNN-ANDINA<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, Feb 20 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; Peruvian National Police&#8217;s (PNP) and Armed Forces&#8217; patrols launched the 2019 Mercury Operation aimed at fighting illegal mining in Madre de Dios region&#8217;s La Pampa area. PNP General Luis Vera explained this action will be carried out in two stages.\u00a0 According to the official, the first one will last 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}