Overview
- Between June 12 and June 16, coordinated operations led by the Navy and police disabled and destroyed nine river dredges and seized extraction gear in Curimaná, Ucayali.
- Police in Huamalíes, Huánuco, dismantled camps and destroyed machinery worth about S/1.24 million despite roughly 120 people trying to block access to the site.
- In Jayanca, Lambayeque, PNP officers arrested three suspects and confiscated heavy equipment valued near S/2.5 million while documenting the removal of about 800 cubic meters of rock and the felling of roughly 200 trees.
- In Quiruvilca, La Libertad, forces dismantled five rustic camps, seized material and machines worth about S/318,750 and detained a person for investigation into alleged illegal mining.
- Operations were planned and executed by specialized units from the Navy, police and the environmental prosecutor with the stated aim of protecting waterways and building prosecutable evidence, but authorities warn vast geography and local resistance make sustained enforcement difficult.