Le Socialiste
10th July 2012, 08:15
The state of emergency was imposed late Tuesday in Cajamarca province and two neighboring provinces after three people were killed during a violent protest in the region.
It was the second emergency declared in five weeks to quell anti-mining protests. A 30-day emergency had just lapsed in Espinar, a highlands province near the former Incan capital of Cuzco where two people were killed May 29 while protesting against a copper mine.
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On Tuesday, protesters tried to storm the municipal hall in Celendin, a town that is a stronghold of resistance to Conga. Three civilians were killed and at least 21 people wounded.
The regional health director said two of the fatalities died of gunshot wounds to the head.
Authorities said some of the demonstrators had opened fire on security forces, wounding two police officers and a soldier in the legs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/peruvian-opponents-of-big-gold-mine-storm-town-hall-and-battle-police-at-least-3-killed/2012/07/03/gJQAd1bpLW_story.html
Harsh repression unleashed against an indefinite general strike has left a toll of five dead, some 45 wounded and 25 arrested across Cajamarca. The strike had been called by regional leaders, ecological parties and leftist collectives who have led the struggle to call off the project since it was approved in November.
During recent weeks, photos and videos have also surfaced showing how the police in Cajamarca are being mobilized not in police cars, but in private vehicles, including a bus on which the logo of Yanacocha (the firm that is carrying out the Conga project) is clearly visible.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/peru-j10.shtml
It was the second emergency declared in five weeks to quell anti-mining protests. A 30-day emergency had just lapsed in Espinar, a highlands province near the former Incan capital of Cuzco where two people were killed May 29 while protesting against a copper mine.
...
On Tuesday, protesters tried to storm the municipal hall in Celendin, a town that is a stronghold of resistance to Conga. Three civilians were killed and at least 21 people wounded.
The regional health director said two of the fatalities died of gunshot wounds to the head.
Authorities said some of the demonstrators had opened fire on security forces, wounding two police officers and a soldier in the legs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/peruvian-opponents-of-big-gold-mine-storm-town-hall-and-battle-police-at-least-3-killed/2012/07/03/gJQAd1bpLW_story.html
Harsh repression unleashed against an indefinite general strike has left a toll of five dead, some 45 wounded and 25 arrested across Cajamarca. The strike had been called by regional leaders, ecological parties and leftist collectives who have led the struggle to call off the project since it was approved in November.
During recent weeks, photos and videos have also surfaced showing how the police in Cajamarca are being mobilized not in police cars, but in private vehicles, including a bus on which the logo of Yanacocha (the firm that is carrying out the Conga project) is clearly visible.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/peru-j10.shtml