Peru drug traffickers ramp up violence against indigenous groups
Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic
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FEATURE-Peru's indigenous communities fear rising violence from drug traffickers
"They sent messages that if we did not desist (from reporting the incursions), they would take out those responsible, the leaders," he said, noting that images of dismembered bodies were sent to his mobile phone. Flor de Ucayali is among at least 100 indigenous communities in the central Amazon region of Ucayali that have been threatened in recent years by invading coca farmers, who grow the crop used to make cocaine for drug trafficking gangs.
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Peru drug traffickers ramp up violence against indigenous groups
Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic
Source: trust.org