Clashes In Peru Claim Dozens Of Lives

Trucks on a highway in northern Peru pass two vehicles burned amid the violence that followed a deadly confrontation between Indians opposed to mining and oil drilling on land they consider theirs in the Amazon region and police. AFP/Getty Images

Up To 36 Reported Killed In Amazon Land Protest -- AP

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Indians protesting government moves to develop oil, gas and other resources on their lands battled police in Peru's Amazon on Friday, with authorities and Indian leaders separately reporting 11 police and 25 protesters deaths.

Accounts of the clashes and death tolls varied widely, as no independent journalists appeared to be present on the remote jungle highway in the northern province of Utcubamba where the fighting took place.

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More News On The Violence Between Peruvian Police And Peru's Indians

Tribes keep Peru police hostage after Amazon fights -- Reuters
30 die as indigenous protesters, police clash in Peru -- CNN
Scores killed in Peru land clashes -- Al Jazeera
Fatal Clashes Erupt in Peru at Roadblock -- New York Times
13 killed in Peru as Indians battle police -- L.A.

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