Arequipa: People Block South Pan-American Highway After Clashes with Informal Miners · Global Voices

At least 200 inhabitants of Atico block the Panamericana Sur at the height of kilometer 709, this in the district of Atico, province of Caraveli. At the moment, on the road there is a row of vehicles, buses, trucks and cisterns stranded, the same ones that cannot happen because the Protestants began to burn tires.According to police information, this blockade of the Panamericana Sur took place hours after clashes between inhabitants of Atico and…