It reported that 70 passengers, including foreign nationals from the UK, US, Spain, France and Switzerland, were being held after travelling in river boats
Donald Trump teases fresh White House bid telling Republican rally 'I will very, very, very probably do it again'The UK Foreign Office said it was in contact with local authorities regarding a"very small number of British nationals involved in an incident in Peru".The protesters, from Urarinas district in the northern Loreto province, claim two children and a woman have been killed in the area due to oil spills from a 40-year-old pipeline in the Cuninico River.
The pipeline, which transports crude oil from the Amazon region to the northwestern city of Piura, has been the site of several oil spills in recent years.The latest oil spill of an estimated 2,500 barrels into the Cuninico River reportedly took place on 16 September. The 500-mile oil pipeline is owned by Petroperu, a state-owned oil company, which said at the time that the spill had been the result of"intentional" damage.
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