PetroPeru Says 20 Workers Kidnapped In Loreto

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(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Nov. 2018) — The state-owned company PetroPerú announced that 20 workers from the Morona Station of the Norperuano Pipeline, located in Loreto, were kidnapped by a group of people from nearby communities.

The incident occurred on November 17, 2018, announced PeruPetro in an official statement on its website. Of the 20 workers, 16 were contractors and four were from PetroPerú.

According to company, a group of nearly 50 people from neighboring communities unsatisfied with the electoral results of October 7, 2018 in the Morona district — citing irregularities on the part of the winning political group — arrived at the station and demanded that operations be halted. When their demands weren’t met, they took to kidnapping workers at the station, announced PetroPerú in its statement.

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