Gold Mining Mafias Kill Six Attackers in Shootout Over Golf Ball-Sized Nugget

What was said

"He said, 'Well, me and my team killed six of them of the attackers.' He said, 'But we only lost one.' He said, 'It was my friend right next to me.' He said, 'He got shot and he said his neck exploded, hit the artery, and he died right there.'"

A security contractor working for legal gold miners in Peru describes a deadly ambush where his team killed six armed attackers trying to steal a small amount of gold. The violence demonstrates how artisanal miners destroy vast forest areas and risk their lives for minimal returns, while competing criminal groups prey on them.