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Boluarte Visits Santa Rosa to Assert Peru’s Sovereignty Over Disputed Amazon Island

Her visit follows a court order keeping two Colombian workers under preliminary detention for allegedly undermining Peru’s territorial integrity.

Peru's President Dina Boluarte reviews troops during a visit to Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the triple border with Colombia and Brazil, amid a territorial dispute with Colombia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Padilla)
La presidenta peruana Dina Boluarte habla con la prensa durante una visita del líder opositor venezolano Edmundo González Urrutia en el Palacio de Gobierno, el miércoles 29 de enero de 2025, en Lima, Perú. (AP Foto/Guadalupe Pardo)

Overview

  • Judge César Vela ordered seven days of preliminary detention for topographer Carlos Sánchez and transport worker John Amia as the Fiscalía probes charges of atentado contra la soberanía nacional
  • Peruvian police arrested three Colombians on Tuesday for conducting unauthorized georeferencing measurements on Santa Rosa, releasing one and holding the other two
  • The Colombian Transport Ministry says the detained workers were carrying out hydrographic studies for a Leticia dock expansion, and President Gustavo Petro denounced their arrest as a “secuestro”
  • During her first visit to the island since taking office, President Dina Boluarte sang the national anthem with locals and granted property titles to residents to bolster Peru’s state presence
  • Both governments have signaled further legal and diplomatic steps with a Comisión Mixta Permanente meeting set for September and Colombia warning of possible international litigation if talks fail