Overview
- Environmental prosecutors led a coordinated operation with the Navy, Army, Police, Air Force, SERNANP and Loreto regional authorities to target illegal gold extraction infrastructure.
- The interdictions ran from October 11 to 19 across the upper Nanay, covering San Juan de Ungurahual, Pucaurco and Alvarenga and reaching toward Agua Negra and Agua Blanca.
- Authorities dismantled three clandestine camps and destroyed the dredging equipment to prevent reuse, following fiscal protocols on-site.
- Roughly 6,500 gallons of diesel—about 121 to 122 drums—were interdicted, with seized fuel transported to Iquitos by an Army vessel for custody and destruction as applicable.
- Prosecutors report a 33‑kilometer fuel supply chain and miners’ use of satellite internet and drones to evade enforcement, while NGOs document about 40 active dredges and severe social harms that demand sustained action.