📋 Tender Overview
Law enforcement forces disable infrastructure used for illegal activities affecting the Peruvian Amazon.In a joint operation to combat illegal mining in the Amazon region, the National Government, through the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA) and the National Police of Peru (PNP), carried out a successful interdiction in the community of Belen, district of Rio Santiago, province of Condorcanqui, in the Amazonas region.
The combined operation was carried out by the Sixth Jungle Brigade of the Northern Operational Command, together with the National Police of Peru, achieving the disabling of a dredge in the Belen sector and the destruction of a trail used to transport materials and minerals from illegal mining.
Likewise, in the sector of the El Tambo Military Police Base, located in the district of Cenepa, three sinkholes were destroyed and 2,400 gallons of oil, used as input in this illegal activity, were disabled.
These actions were supervised by the High Commissioner for the Fight against Illegal Mining, under the guidelines of the Ministry of Defense, within the framework of permanent efforts to protect the natural resources of the Peruvian Amazon.
The intervention not only represents an effort to preserve the environment in one of the most vulnerable regions of the country, but also a decisive blow against illegal mining, the protection of the well-being of local communities and the guarantee of security in border areas.
