Devil's Curve
In June 2009, 60 soldiers slipped into the bush above Devil''s Curve, a notorious bend in the two-lane highway connecting Peru''s northern Amazon to the outside world. The soldiers had orders to dislodge the 3,000 Awajun natives who had been camped there for the past 57 days. The subsequent clash was deadly.
At issue was the lease of three-quarters of the jungle to foreign oil and mining interests ...
In June 2009, 60 soldiers slipped into the bush above Devil''s Curve, a notorious bend in the two-lane highway connecting Peru''s northern Amazon to the outside world. The soldiers had orders to dislodge the 3,000 Awajun natives who had been camped there for the past 57 days. The subsequent clash was deadly.
At issue was the lease of three-quarters of the jungle to foreign oil and mining interests ...
