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Peru: Police Fire on Copper Mine Protesters, Killing 1

HeadlineApr 24, 2015

In Peru, a farmer has been shot dead after police opened fire on protesters taking part in a month-long campaign against a Mexican-owned copper mine project supported by the Peruvian government. Protesters say the Tia Maria mine in the southern region of Arequipa would contaminate water and hurt farming. President Ollanta Humala has sent thousands of police to quell the protests.

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