After the attack on the Powerful mininglocated in the district of Pataz, La Libertad, the former vice minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Pablo de la Flor stated that in the last three years 23,000 vehicles left with minerals valued at 2.5 billion dollars, a product of illegal mining, which — he said—is associated with organized crime.
The 9 deceased and more than 10 injured in the raid by criminals in the sinkhole of the Powerful mine should be considered by the national authorities as a serious problem, stated Pablo de la Flor, who indicated that the income obtained by the informal mining They surpass drug trafficking, as it has an economic movement of 4,000 million dollars a year
“The illegal minery It has illicit resources that far exceed drug trafficking. That money is to buy wills, achieve impunity and penetrate the political system. 2.5 billion dollars of illegal mining have come out of Pataz,” said Pablo de la Flor.
Reinfo benefits illegal mining, assured Pablo de la Flor
Pablo de la Flor, also manager of Corporate Affairs of the Powerful mining, He regretted that the Comprehensive Registry of Mining Formalization (Reinfo) benefits illegal mining. He even maintained that there are congressmen who continue to promote projects to extend the deadlines, such as the case of parliamentarian Jorge Flores Ancachi.
“He Reinfo In its essence, it gives a license to illegal miners to continue their illicit activities. It is a registry to facilitate formalization, but in the end it has become a blanket of protection against illegality. There are three projects in the Congress to extend the deadlines that expire in December and also to open the Reinfo,” De la Flor explained to ‘Cuarto Poder’.
Along these lines, he noted: “There is a project by Congressman (Jorge) Pérez Ancachi that benefits illegal mining.”
Pataz without police station despite illegal mining
At another point in the interview, Pablo de la Flor denounced that the district of Pataz It does not have a police station, requiring the permanent presence of police and military, although 100 police officers were able to arrive to the town after the attack on the mining company.
He stressed that in Pataz there are 1,600 miners who are not formalized, of this total, he said that 600 have expired Reinfo. “The role played by the Police is important in the presence of illegal miners related to crime. (…) They are attacks that are a simile of the actions committed Luminous Path, which is reflected in the murder of 9 workers with explosive charges and the collapse of 10 high voltage poles“, concluded Pablo de la Flor
Source: Larepublica
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