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Jul 18 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Thank you @mbachelet, High Commissioner of @UNHumanRights, for meeting with Peruvian Indigenous leaders from @aidesep_org to address land invasions by narcotraffickers. #Peru #HumanRights 🧵1/6
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Communities like Unipacuyacu have long been demanding fair land titling and alternative development programs that focus on #Indigenous communities, with their consultation. 2/6
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The Unipacuyacu community, populated mainly by the Cacataibo, has been working to title their 22K hectares of land since 1995, but the bureaucracy of the regional government & the influence of illegal networks have prevented this. 3/6
The National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (@DEVIDAPERU) indicates that the area under coca cultivation in Peru increased by 13% to 61,777 hectares since 2020. 4/6
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This invasion of narco-traffickers has caused many to abandon their homeland due to threats from drug traffickers. Invaders are known to rent land from locals to produce coca for the drug trade. 5/6
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Michelle Bachelet @mbachelet, we request that you recommend that the Peruvian government urgently bring police protection for the Cacataibo community, expel narco land invaders from their lands, and finally issue Unipacuyacu’s land title. @UKinPeru @USEMBASSYPERU @USAIDPeru 6/6

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