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Peru | 2 November, 2009 [ 13:20 ]
Peru: Rio Blanco Copper mining camp attacked, two guards killed
LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra
Two security officers were killed and seven are still missing after a group of 20 people attacked and burned a Rio Blanco Cooper mining camp, said the company's general manager, Jian Wu.
The bizarre incident occurred early Sunday in Carmen de la Frontera district, in Huancabamba (Piura region), without any previous events which could regarded as background information as to the cause.
"It's been strange. A group of 15 or 20 people, carrying firearms, attacked the mining camp, according to some workers who managed to escape. Nobody knows exactly what happened," he said.
The fatalities have been identified as Luis Gomez and Joel Seberino, two of the four guards who tried to prevent the mining camp from catching fire.
Jian Wu also said that the Eduardo Ramirez, Rio Blanco's manager, and Jose Luis Cornejo, another guard, have been kidnapped.
We don't have any information about the circumstances of this attack, but we don't think the local population has anything to do with it," he said. Internal Affairs Ministry sent a police contingent to guard the mine.
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Isabel Guerra
Two security officers were killed and seven are still missing after a group of 20 people attacked and burned a Rio Blanco Cooper mining camp, said the company's general manager, Jian Wu. The bizarre incident occurred early Sunday in Carmen de la Frontera district, in Huancabamba (Piura region), without any previous events which could regarded as background information as to the cause.
"It's been strange. A group of 15 or 20 people, carrying firearms, attacked the mining camp, according to some workers who managed to escape. Nobody knows exactly what happened," he said.
The fatalities have been identified as Luis Gomez and Joel Seberino, two of the four guards who tried to prevent the mining camp from catching fire.
Jian Wu also said that the Eduardo Ramirez, Rio Blanco's manager, and Jose Luis Cornejo, another guard, have been kidnapped.
We don't have any information about the circumstances of this attack, but we don't think the local population has anything to do with it," he said. Internal Affairs Ministry sent a police contingent to guard the mine.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
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