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    In Amazon borders, police are losing the narco wars

    Jun 24, 2022 4 minutes
    By Tom Phillips PUERTO AMELIA and Dan Collyns FLOR DE UCAYALI

    In the crime-infested tri-border region where Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira disappeared, rumours abound over what happened at Puerto Amelia in January this year.

    Were Brazilian drug traffickers responsible for burning the Peruvian police outpost on the River Yavarí to the ground?

    Was it Colombian guerrillas who stormed the camp, shooting at the border guards and making off with their high-powered weapons?

    Or were the culprits rogue Peruvian police officers, perhaps working for organised crime?

    The answer depends on who you talk to – but the consequences were the same.

    Five months after the audacious

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