The GuardianUK News & Comment• 1 min read
How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
As gold prices surge, illegal mining has laid waste to swathes of Tambopata National Reserve’s rainforest “Halt, stop right there,” shouts a Peruvian Navy Seal, firing warning shots into the air.
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