Abel Chiroque News Today

Lima, Nov 4 (EFE).- Some 150 boat passengers held captive for a day by indigenous people demanding action to clean up an oil spill on the Marañon River in northeastern Peru were freed Friday, an official told EFE. “A few minutes ago, the lieutenant governor indicated to me that they were coordinating the transfer,” the …

Up to 150 tourists traveling in the Amazon detained by an indigenous community in protest over government inaction will be released. 

Over 150 foreign tourists held in boats sailing along the Yurimaguas route, on the Marañon River in Peru were released Friday afternoon, it was reported.