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Interpol-Backed Police Make Nearly 200 Arrests in Amazon Region Gold Mining Sweep
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday.