18 wounded in clash over wildcat mining in Perù

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Doctors in Peru say at least 15 wildcat gold miners and three police officers suffered gunshot wounds when police moved to reopen the highway that connects Brazil with the Pacific coast. Dr. Marcia Calderon at the health clinic in the Madre de Dios state town of Mazuko says it’s not clear how many of the wounds suffered Thursday were caused by bullets and how many by shotgun pellets.