A Peruvian indigenous group freed a group of tourists held for over a day in a protest over what the community alleged to be government inaction over toxic oil spills, one of the released tourists and local officials said separately on Friday.
The Cuninico indigenous group, from the Urarinas district in Loreto province in Peru's Amazon rainforest, had held an estimated 150 tourists - which included some U.S. and European nationals - to raise awareness about the oil spillage in a local river, according to local media.
Peru's independent public defender agency said on Twitter that "after dialogue with the of the Cuninico communities, our request to release people was accepted." Media reports cited the number of people being held as ranging from 70 to as many as 300, including between 17 and 23 foreign nationals.
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