Leaf miners evicted Lata
Friday, 24 April 2009
National Army troops to evict the miners are installed on the bulla Sheet Lata, municipality Sifontes this Thursday morning.



The miners claimed "abuses" of the military authorities Tumeremo .- In the morning hours on Thursday a group of army officers began the eviction of the Tin Mine Road, located in Sifontes, 45 minutes from the population of Tumeremo.

Military sources indicated that the measure was taken due to the great ecological damage in the region, spread of disease and the illegal trade in the place.

What is known as the Bull Sheet Lata, is dated two months and there are on average 10 thousand people working illegal mining. Other possible reasons for eviction are unexpectedly high percentage of gold that material is removed daily from that mine, representing losses for the Venezuelan state.

It was learned that the military were on site and made the seizure of several teams of mining and its subsequent destruction as a means of pressure to encourage the removal of the site.

So far there is no one official version of the measures taken by security officials, however, there are a number of miners arrested in Tumeremo preventively.

Total anarchy
From the moment you heard the noise of gold, an exodus of thousands of people from different regions of the country and other sister nations, moved to the place, creating a market where traders are traded inputs from up to illegal products. (CAM)