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Three or fourteen police were wounded yesterday in escalating clashes over gold mining in Mapiri, Bolivia. @CarwilBJ/1413547183064846337
On twitter.com ♻️ 3 Retweets ❤️ 5 Favorites 2021 Jul 10 Mood +2 🙂

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There are at least two reports. Both describe indigenous protesters clashing w police who are defending the 15 de Mayo gold mining cooperative.
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Firefighters claim 3 police wounded with balines (nonlethal projectiles such as pellets or rubber bullets). la-razon.com/nacional/2021/07/10/bomberos-reporta-tres-policias-heridos-en-el-enfrentamiento-en-mapiri/
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Meanwhile, gold miners claim the protesters used live ammunition and wounded 14. opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/enfrentamientos-trabajos-erradicacion-dejan-14-policias-heridos/20210710121007826734.html
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This conflict has been building for years and saw intense clashes at the beginning of May.
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The mining licenses were issued in 2012. Bolivia lacks a functional process for indigenous communities to consent to or refuse mines in their territory. See thread attached above for details on the conflict in 2021.
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A third report, more sympathetic to the indigenous side, from Erbol: erbol.com.bo/nacional/reportan-dos-polic%C3%ADas-heridos-tras-enfrentamientos-en-charopampa-en-disputa-de-tierras
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The Defensoría, Bolivia's human rights ombudsman office, reports 14 injured police. Calls for comprehensive approach to resolving the conflict. la-razon.com/nacional/2021/07/10/la-defensoria-registra-14-policias-heridos-y-un-coronel-retenido-en-mapiri/
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Defensoría statement of the facts is based on report from the police. Clarifies munitions as perdigones (= pellets, shot, not bullets). Statement here: defensoria.gob.bo/noticias/defensoria-del-pueblo-condena-la-violencia-en-la-comunidad-de-charopampa-y-exhorta-a-las-autoridades-a-atender-el-conflicto-minero-de-manera-integral
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Police Commander Jhonny Aguilera reports that he ordered his forces to withdraw after three were injured. urgente.bo/noticia/mapiri-jefe-de-la-utop-y-dos-oficiales-resultaron-heridos-y-aguilera-orden%C3%B3-el-repliegue
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Confrontations in Charopampa were quite extensive, with multiple allegations of home and vehicle arsons, repressive violence exchanged among community members, gold miners, police. Further summary here: radiocompanera.com/2021/07/12/indigenas-de-charopampa-denuncian-que-se-reprimio-a-ninos-y-ancianos-para-la-vulneracion-de-sus-tierras/
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Página Siete also reports that human right activist Amparo Carvajal was briefly held by the gold miners who (she reports) demanded she that their side. paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2021/7/10/lecos-de-charopampa-expulsan-la-policia-hay-14-heridos-malestar-entre-los-uniformados-300687.html
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