Amazon tourists and Peruvians held on boat released by Indigenous protesters

Group of more than 100 including British and American travellers were detained in protest over government response to oil spill

Indigenous protesters have released more than 100 tourists and local people who were held on a boat for more than a day in an attempt to force the Peruvian government to act over oil spills in the Amazon region where they live.

The Indigenous Kukama had held a boatload of Peruvians and foreign tourists - including US and European citizens and at least three British nationals - since Thursday in Peru's largest Amazon region, Loreto.