US Politics | Brits among 70 tourists taken hostage in Peru are FREED after being marooned on boat with no food or water
AROUND 70 tourists including Brits have been freed after they were taken hostage in the Amazon rainforest by a group of indigenous protesters. The group of 70, including pregnant women, children, the elderly, and the disabled, were captured as they tried to cross the Marañón river in northern Peru. 
rpp news70 hostages including Brits have been freed after they were captured in the Amazon '/ ' 
RRPThe group were captured by a Peruvian tribe as part of an anti-government protest '/ ' 
Others among the captured included American, Spanish, French, and Swiss citizens, as well as a number of Peruvian nationals. Indigenous residents of the local Cuninico tribe say they are protesting the Peruvian government's lack of aid following a recent oil spill in the river. Originally, the captors were told they would be held hostage for up to eight days. The group had reportedly already been held captive for some 24 hours. READ MORE WORLD NEWS 
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ROCKET PANIC Spanish flight chaos after out-of-control Chinese rocket flies overhead Watson Trujillo, the leader of the Cuninico community, told RPP Radio they had kidnapped the group because they wanted to ...catch the government's attention with this action.... He added that ...this drastic measure... had been taken in order to force the government to send a delegation to assess the environmental damage caused by the oil spill. The leak, which took place on September 16, spilled approximately 2,500 tonnes of crude oil into the river. One of the South American country's largest pipelines, it was built four decades ago to transport crude oil 800km from the Amazon region to Piura, on the Pacific coast. Most read in US News BLOODY SCENE Chilling details emerge after girl, 4, grandma, & 2 others found dead in home VLAD'S SICK Besieged Russian troops 'eating ZOO animals to stay alive on Ukraine frontline' MYSTERY DISAPPEARANCE Teen, 19, goes missing after going for a walk 5 days ago HORROR WRECK Celeb hangout owner & his son killed in crash that trapped them in burning car TRAGIC END Missing pregnant mom and baby found dead after eerie online messages uncovered SHOCK CLAIMS Rapper Takeoff faced trial over rape allegations before he was shot dead Peru's government declared a 90-day state of emergency on September 27 for the affected area within the Cuninico and Urarinas communities, home to some 2,500 indigenous people. Indigenous groups have been blocking the passage of any boats down the river since Thursday to protest the leak, which was caused by a rupture in the Norperuano (ONP) pipeline. The state-owned Petroperú company, which controls the pipeline, has blamed the leak on sabotage to the pipe. It claims that its workers discovered ...an intentional tear of 21cm in the pipeline.... Petroperú has reported 10 separate attacks on its pipelines in the Loreto region this year, all of which have caused oil spills. They told us that it was because they sought the State's attention to solve the oil spill 46 times Ángela RamírezHostage Ángela Ramírez, who was detained along with her mother Araceli Alva, earlier spoke to the press. ...They told us that it was because they sought the State's attention to solve the oil spill 46 times and that as a result there are now two deceased children and a woman,... she told the Peruvian publication ...Las Cosas como Son.... She added that her mother had told her the youngest on board was a one-month-old baby, while disabled people, pregnant women, and the elderly were also being held. Ángela added that the group had no access to food or water since being captured. The detained passengers were held on the boat overnight, while the tribal leader told RPP Radio he intends to return to the boat later on Friday to assess the possibility of releasing some of the hostages. ... 'Trujillo ' himself came in person on a raft,... Ángela said. ... 'He ' said that we would spend the night and he would come to see us at eight in the morning.... Read More on The Sun 
POUT OF CONTROL I love a juicy pout... I went from 0ml to a whopping 13ml over the years Footage shared by the Peruvian publication atv.pe shows hostages in hammocks and bedding inside the boat. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: ...We are in contact with the local authorities and a very small number of British nationals involved in an incident in Peru.... 
Footage shows tourists in tightly-packed hammocks onboard the boat 
September's oil spill released 2,500 tonnes of crude oil 
ReutersPeru's state-owned Petroperu has blamed the oil leak on sabotage '/ '
rpp news70 hostages including Brits have been freed after they were captured in the Amazon '/ ' RRPThe group were captured by a Peruvian tribe as part of an anti-government protest '/ ' Others among the captured included American, Spanish, French, and Swiss citizens, as well as a number of Peruvian nationals. Indigenous residents of the local Cuninico tribe say they are protesting the Peruvian government's lack of aid following a recent oil spill in the river. Originally, the captors were told they would be held hostage for up to eight days. The group had reportedly already been held captive for some 24 hours. READ MORE WORLD NEWS TOUGH TALK Russia warns 'UK is too deep' in war & claims it will share proof of drone blast ROCKET PANIC Spanish flight chaos after out-of-control Chinese rocket flies overhead Watson Trujillo, the leader of the Cuninico community, told RPP Radio they had kidnapped the group because they wanted to ...catch the government's attention with this action.... He added that ...this drastic measure... had been taken in order to force the government to send a delegation to assess the environmental damage caused by the oil spill. The leak, which took place on September 16, spilled approximately 2,500 tonnes of crude oil into the river. One of the South American country's largest pipelines, it was built four decades ago to transport crude oil 800km from the Amazon region to Piura, on the Pacific coast. Most read in US News BLOODY SCENE Chilling details emerge after girl, 4, grandma, & 2 others found dead in home VLAD'S SICK Besieged Russian troops 'eating ZOO animals to stay alive on Ukraine frontline' MYSTERY DISAPPEARANCE Teen, 19, goes missing after going for a walk 5 days ago HORROR WRECK Celeb hangout owner & his son killed in crash that trapped them in burning car TRAGIC END Missing pregnant mom and baby found dead after eerie online messages uncovered SHOCK CLAIMS Rapper Takeoff faced trial over rape allegations before he was shot dead Peru's government declared a 90-day state of emergency on September 27 for the affected area within the Cuninico and Urarinas communities, home to some 2,500 indigenous people. Indigenous groups have been blocking the passage of any boats down the river since Thursday to protest the leak, which was caused by a rupture in the Norperuano (ONP) pipeline. The state-owned Petroperú company, which controls the pipeline, has blamed the leak on sabotage to the pipe. It claims that its workers discovered ...an intentional tear of 21cm in the pipeline.... Petroperú has reported 10 separate attacks on its pipelines in the Loreto region this year, all of which have caused oil spills. They told us that it was because they sought the State's attention to solve the oil spill 46 times Ángela RamírezHostage Ángela Ramírez, who was detained along with her mother Araceli Alva, earlier spoke to the press. ...They told us that it was because they sought the State's attention to solve the oil spill 46 times and that as a result there are now two deceased children and a woman,... she told the Peruvian publication ...Las Cosas como Son.... She added that her mother had told her the youngest on board was a one-month-old baby, while disabled people, pregnant women, and the elderly were also being held. Ángela added that the group had no access to food or water since being captured. The detained passengers were held on the boat overnight, while the tribal leader told RPP Radio he intends to return to the boat later on Friday to assess the possibility of releasing some of the hostages. ... 'Trujillo ' himself came in person on a raft,... Ángela said. ... 'He ' said that we would spend the night and he would come to see us at eight in the morning.... Read More on The Sun POUT OF CONTROL I love a juicy pout... I went from 0ml to a whopping 13ml over the years Footage shared by the Peruvian publication atv.pe shows hostages in hammocks and bedding inside the boat. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: ...We are in contact with the local authorities and a very small number of British nationals involved in an incident in Peru.... Footage shows tourists in tightly-packed hammocks onboard the boat September's oil spill released 2,500 tonnes of crude oil ReutersPeru's state-owned Petroperu has blamed the oil leak on sabotage '/ '
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