RE:RE:RE:RE:Social/political risk, Deterioration, "50 YEARS IMPUNITY"Oct 5 2021
Around 200 indigenous Peruvians have taken over the facilities of a pipeline station of Petroperu, the state-owned company said on Tuesday, as part of a protest by Amazon native groups demanding better economic and social support in the area.
Residents in the Manseriche district of northern Peru's Loreto region had invaded station 5 of the North Peruvian pipeline on Monday, which had caused the company to stop pumping oil, Petroperu said in a statement.
Protesters "have been irresponsibly installing tents and other items without taking security conditions into account," the company said, adding it had evacuated its personnel from the area.
Reuters could not immediately reach for comment representatives of the Amazonian groups, who have previously carried out blockades and seizures of oil pipeline stations.
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