Overview
- In the last 15 days police and navy operations in Madre de Dios and Loreto dismantled logistical hubs used for illegal gold extraction and reported S/3,019,555 in losses to criminal networks.
- Police in Inambari, Tambopata detained 21 people linked to the group 'Los Guardianes de la Pampa' and seized an arsenal that included 19 rifles, eight pistols, 10 grenades and large amounts of ammunition.
- The Navy destroyed 10 fully equipped dredge barges, nine boats and two mining camps in the Nanay river basin, targeting riverborne infrastructure that fuels illicit mining operations.
- A June 21 river intervention seized about 5,000 gallons of fuel from the boat 'BIP BIP' with roughly 2,000 gallons lacking legal paperwork, and FEMA de Nauta secured a conviction of Manuel Castillo after he pleaded guilty.
- Civil monitors and prosecutors warn that fuel and mercury supply chains sustain the illegal mines and say equipment destruction must be paired with tighter controls on fuel routes, permits and cross-border contraband to cut activity long term.