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Criminal networks threaten the Amazon

Oct 19, 2026 · The Gleaner

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BOGOTA (AP) — Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a UN conference in Vienna starting Monday. More than a dozen Indigenous representatives from Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are participating in the October 19-23 UN conference on transnational organised crime, known as COP13.

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