Peru miner protest crackdown claims 5 lives

  • 12 years ago
Funerals have been held in Peru for protestors killed during demonstrations against a new gold and copper mine.
Though the government still wants to press ahead with the project in the Cayamarca region, the families of the dead seem more determined than ever to stop construction.
Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Celendin, Peru.