Peru mine protesters capture police
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Thousands of demonstrators have overpowered riot police sent to break up a week-long blockade in a mining region in southern Peru. People in the town of Moquegua have been blocking roads to demand a greater share of taxes paid by the country's biggest copper producer for their area.
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Police fired tear gas at the crowd, put at 20,000, who beat them back and took some 65 officers hostage.
"The situation in Moquegua is no longer under police control. I have wounded here and I am in trouble, so I urge police to draw back," a police chief, Alberto Jordan told the RPP radio station at the height of the violence.
Protesters argue that Peru's economic boom, largely the result of high mineral and commodity prices, is not benefiting them.
(BBC News - click to read complete article)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7458517.stm
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Police fired tear gas at the crowd, put at 20,000, who beat them back and took some 65 officers hostage.
"The situation in Moquegua is no longer under police control. I have wounded here and I am in trouble, so I urge police to draw back," a police chief, Alberto Jordan told the RPP radio station at the height of the violence.
Protesters argue that Peru's economic boom, largely the result of high mineral and commodity prices, is not benefiting them.
(BBC News - click to read complete article)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7458517.stm
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