📋 Tender Overview
In a firm action aimed at neutralizing the growing threat of illegal mining in the main watersheds of the Loreto region, the Peruvian Navy, through the Headquarters of the District of Captaincies 5, has been carrying out a series of interdiction operations with outstanding results.
So far this year, operations have focused on the basins of the Nanay, Napo, Curaray, Amazonas, Marañón and Putumayo rivers, and have resulted in the destruction of 45 dredgers, 1 camp used as a logistics supply centre and 3 warehouses housing suction equipment, miscellaneous material and fuel drums intended for illegal activities. In addition, the arrest of national and foreign citizens has been carried out, which represents a serious blow to the criminal actions of criminal organizations involved in illegal mining and related crimes.
The Nanay River basin has stood out as one of the main hotspots of illegal mining with a high environmental impact in recent years. Given the importance of this basin as a source of water supply for the inhabitants of the city of Iquitos, the presence of the Peruvian Navy has been intensified, with the aim of carrying out interdiction and patrol operations on the Nanay River, from the communities of "Santa María del Alto Nanay" to "Alvarenga" in the District of Alto Nanay.
The Peruvian Navy, in accordance with the budget allocated by the State for the Loreto region, has developed these interdiction operations against illegal mining within the framework of Legislative Decree 1100, in close collaboration with the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Environmental Matters (FEMA), the Peruvian National Police (PNP) and the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), which has allowed the destruction of the intervened dredgers and the seizure of items used in investigations to identify and punish alleged members of criminal organizations engaged in the illegal extraction of gold in the Nanay River, as well as related crimes including illegal trafficking of inputs (mercury, fuel, among others), illegal logging, human trafficking, and corruption of officials.
In this way, the Peruvian Navy, through the Headquarters of the District of Captaincies 5, reaffirms its commitment to strengthen cooperation with public and private entities to eradicate crimes that threaten the protection of the aquatic environment and its natural resources, the preservation of the environment, sustainable development, public health, and National Security and Defense.
