Article 5G7RY 'Narcos are looking for me': deadly threats to Peru's indigenous leaders

'Narcos are looking for me': deadly threats to Peru's indigenous leaders

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Dan Collyns
from World news | The Guardian on (#5G7RY)

Communities call for protection after string of killings linked to rush for land to grow coca, under cover of the pandemic

We're looking for you, dead or alive," is one of the daily threats that Herlin Odicio receives on his mobile phone.

The leader of the indigenous Cacataibo people in Peru's central Amazon has been forced into hiding for standing up to drug traffickers trying to steal his land. We've reported coca plantations on our land so many times and nothing has been done," Odicio said.

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