Overview
- A joint congressional session heard Wampis and Awajún leaders allege miners use children as human shields during interdictions, alongside reports of river contamination and scarce drinking water.
- The energy and mines minister said illegal miners fall under criminal law rather than his sector, while defense and interior officials conceded recent operations were limited and urged permanent deployments after a January sweep destroyed just one dredge.
- New ACCA satellite monitoring for August flagged fresh forest loss inside and around Tambopata and registered 142 mining infrastructures along Huánuco’s Yuyapichis and Negro rivers, signaling spread beyond traditional hotspots.
- RPP reporting documented illegal mining and logging across nine Amazonian regions affecting at least 73 native communities, with data tying these economies to trafficking and thousands of sexual-violence cases in 2024 and 2025.
- Prosecutors warned illegal mining could permeate campaigns and confirmed a probe of more than 20 current and former authorities over alleged links to the trade, as experts cite transnational gangs operating in border zones.