Overview
- An interinstitutional force led by the environmental prosecutor’s office dismantled dredges and camps between October 11 and 19 across San Juan de Ungurahual, Pucaurco and Alvarenga in Alto Nanay.
- Authorities seized about 6,500 gallons of Diesel 2 — roughly 122 cylinders — with part of the haul transported to Iquitos by an Army river vessel.
- The team included the Navy, Army, National Police, Air Force, Sernanp and the Loreto regional government, acting on targets mapped during a September 29 reconnaissance flight.
- The Nanay supplies drinking water to roughly 500,000 people in Iquitos, and residents and local leaders say dozens of illegal dredges remain active despite repeated raids.
- Prosecutors and researchers report a 33-kilometer fuel supply route, miners’ use of Starlink and drones to evade interdictions, and documented cases of sexual exploitation linked to the mining economy.