Troops dislodge 11,500 illegal miners from Venezuelan reserve

Caracas (AFP) Sept 10, 2023

Venezuelan soldiers have dislodged more than 11,500 illegal gold miners from the country’s biggest natural reserve since July, where they cleared forest and contaminated water, the head of the military operation announced Sunday.

The miners were removed from the 320,000-hectare (790,737-acre) Yapacana park in Venezuela’s south, where they had been “engaged in the systematic and sustained des
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