Peru Indigenous patrols see success & struggles in combating illegal miners

Peru Indigenous patrols see success & struggles in combating illegal miners

For several years, illegal gold mining, loggers and other invaders have impacted the territory of the Indigenous Wampís people (or Huambisa) of the northern Peruvian Amazon. To combat these threats amid a lack of state support, the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) formed the territorial monitoring group Charip. The group’s formation in February 2024 led to quick results. Within two months, Charip arrested three Peru…