Relatives of a police officer killed in clashes between the military and protesters attended a mourning service in Lima, Peru. Mariana Bazo/Reuters31 Dead In Peru Clashes -- L.A. Times
Indigenous groups' protest over Amazon resources rights turns violent when police try to clear a highway.
Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru -- The death toll from a bloody clash between Peruvian police and indigenous protesters over the rights to natural resources rose to at least 31 Saturday, including nine police officers reportedly taken hostage by demonstrators at an oil pumping station.
According to official sources, 22 police officers and nine protesters were killed Friday as security forces tried to clear a highway in the Amazon region of northeastern Peru that demonstrators had blocked on and off for weeks.
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