Cuninico River News Today

Anti-oil industry sentiment is building in Peru as the government and industry fail to solve the decades-old problem of oil spills and pipeline leaks. 

Leaders from Achuar and Wampis peoples say Petroperú is responsible for spills in their territory

An indigenous group in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in Peru held a group of American, British, Swiss, and Spanish tourists hostage.

Around 120 tourists including Britons and Americans were believed to have been detained by the indigenous group in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

At least 10 Americans have been released from a Peruvian riverboat after they were taken hostage on Thursday. They were released around 2.30pm on Friday.

About 70 people seized in protest at environmental damage from crude oil spillage into Cuninico River

A group of tourists on a river boat cruise in the Peruvian Amazon were detained Thursday by Indigenous activists protesting an oil spill.

Boat passengers, including British tourists, are being held by a community group in the Peruvian Amazon, local media has said.

Local media was informed by community members that they could detain the tourists for six to eight days until a solution to the 2,500 tons of crude oil spill was reached.

Group of more than 100 including British and American travellers were detained in protest over government response to oil spill