(NSI News Source Info) LIMA, Peru - June 7, 2009: Members of the Peruvian military patrol the streets of Bagua, more than 1000 kms southeast of Lima, Peru on June 7, 2009.
Peru's defense minister Sunday raised to 34, including 23 police officers, the number of people killed over the weekend in an explosion of violence between indigenous groups and security forces in the country's northern Amazon.
Peru's defense minister Sunday raised to 34, including 23 police officers, the number of people killed over the weekend in an explosion of violence between indigenous groups and security forces in the country's northern Amazon. Indigenous communities, protesting for their land rights, said the number of civilians killed in the 24-hour orgy of violence Friday and Saturday was higher than the official count, giving Peruvian media conflicting tallies that ranged from a dozen to as many as 30 dead natives.
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