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Drug trafficking in indigenous areas of the Amazon

Marcelino Tangoa is the chief of the Unipacuyacu community of the Kakataibo people in Huánuco in the Peruvian Amazon.

He took office after several months of consternation and fear following the murder of Arbildo Meléndez in April 2020, the previous chief of the community.

From then on, his main objective was to continue demanding that the relevant authorities comply with the law, legally secure his territory through a collective land title, and restore social peace in his village.

Two and a half years later, he still has not achieved this, but the threats, harassment, and violence in his . . .

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