Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn So far in 2022, there have been five violent attacks on mining camps across four provinces. Around 05:00 on December 14, 2022, a group of almost 100 people entered the camp of a mining project in the province of Bolívar and burned it down. This is one of the five attacks […]
Violent attacks against mining projects with legal concessions increase
Published on December 19, 2022
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