(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 December 2006, a death threat against the director of radio station La Voz de Cainarachi, priest Mario Bartolini, was painted on the facade of the Church of Barranquita, a village located between the regions of San Martín and Loreto, in northeastern Peru. The threat may be related to the station’s coverage […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 December 2006, a death threat against the director of radio station La Voz de Cainarachi, priest Mario Bartolini, was painted on the facade of the Church of Barranquita, a village located between the regions of San Martín and Loreto, in northeastern Peru. The threat may be related to the station’s coverage over the last year or more of the protests by local residents against the concession of more than 20 thousand hectares of land which were expropriated from peasant farmers by the State and handed over to the Palmas de Cainarachi company.
Several of the region’s other media outlets have accused Bartolini of inciting the farmers to use violence since the radio station started to cover the community’s demands.
The company that has the concession for the lands claimed by the farmers belongs to Grupo Romero, one of the country’s most powerful economic consortiums.
