Rising gold prices have led to increasingly violent land grabs, with rightful owners left to defend themselves and the rainforest from attack
“We advanced one step with Mercury, now we’ve gone back two steps,” she says. “There have always been mafias here. Now that the illegal miners have returned, so have the criminals.”
Pacheco, 66, is in constant legal battles to protect his land from thieves who bribe lawyers and regional government officials. He was left with a permanently damaged eye, and an elderly woman and her daughter were beaten with the flat side of a machete.Photograph: Courtesy of Herli Huanqui
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