Eight thousand barrels of oil dumped in the Peruvian Amazon

JAtkins told the Andina official news agency that "the ecological damage is huge and irreparable" as the oil reaches the Mayuriaga River and eventually reaches the Amazon River.

The pipeline cutoff occurred at kilometer 193 of the infrastructure, 500 meters from the community of Mayuriaga, in the Amazon region of Loreto, by people dissatisfied with the results of the municipal elections that took place there. about a month ago.

The attackers hijacked 20 Petroperu workers two weeks ago at an oil service station in the area and left a written message threatening to damage the pipeline if the election results were not canceled, did not it? he declares. James Atkins.

Faced with this threat, Petroperu suspended the pumping of crude oil into the pipeline, but oil pipelines and pipelines were still under pressure at the time of cutting.

The president of Petroperu said that 70% of the damage suffered by the pipeline in the last four years "was caused by this type of attack".

"I think the time has come to apply the law because it should be the same for all Peruvians." The pipeline is considered a key national asset and according to the law anyone who would damage it should incur a sentence of six years imprisonment to ten years, "he said.

The authors of the attack on the gas pipeline denounce irregularities committed by the Party of National Restoration, which won the elections in the municipality of Morona, Loreto, a region bordering Brazil.

The pipeline in which the so-called "Peruvian Nor" has been operating since 1977 transports oil extracted from the Peruvian jungle to the Bayóvar Port Terminal, in the Pacific Ocean, through 1,106 kilometers of tubes. crossing the Amazon and the Cordillera. Andes.

The facilities were shut down for about a year for maintenance reasons, after a dozen leaks in the pipelines, caused by cuts, mostly from the villagers.