Illegal mines and local mafia take shine off Latin American gold – The Guardian

Illegal mines and local mafia take shine off Latin American gold
The Guardian
Oscar was 16 when his cousin “sold” him to the owner of an illegal gold mine deep in Peru’s Amazonian jungle. Life in Madre de Dios – a huge encampment scarred by deforestation and mercury-filled pools – was dirty, desperate and dangerous: food and …