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Petro takes on illegal gold miners

The government of Gustavo Petro is targetting the destruction of illegal gold dredges in the Bajo Cauca region of Antioquia, Colombia, despite protests by thousands of miners paralysing many towns across the north of the state.

Paul Harris in Medellin, Colombia
 Colombia's security forces burn an illegal gold dredge in Bajo Cauca, Antioquia

Colombia's security forces burn an illegal gold dredge in Bajo Cauca, Antioquia

Informal miners, who are variously described as ancestral, traditional, illegal or criminal, are riling at being stigmatised as criminals, although the reality is that the majority are. Any miner working...

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