On the events occurred in Bagua on June 5 and 6
12:50 Peru Ombudsman's report finds none civil neither Amazonian indigenous disappeared
 

• Prime minister Yehude Simon with native leaders. Photo: ANDINA/Raphael Cornejo

• Lima, Jul. 03 (ANDINA).- The Peruvian Ombudsman's report, sent to the Chancellery, found none civil neither Amazonian indigenous people disappeared on the events occurred in Bagua, Amazonas on June 5th and 6th.
  
  The report stated that "as a consequence of their meticulous work the Ombudsman concluded that the acts of violence which occurred on June 5, 2009 in Bagua threw an unfortunate balance of 33 people dead (23 policemen, 5 natives and 5 settlers of Bagua)".
   
  Based on the report, other 200 people got injured, 83 were arrested and 18 of them were taken to the prison establishment of Huancas, located  in the city of  Chachapoyas, northeast of Lima.
   
  In addition the Ombudsman of Peru found none civil neither amazonian indigenous people disappeared, as a result of the events in Bagua, however as of today, officer Felipe Bazán Soles, from the National Police of Peru remains missing and has not been
  found.
   
  Members of the Ombudsman of Peru were displaced in an unrestricted way to the most remote areas affected in Bagua and interviewed the people from the region involved in the events such as native tribes, members of humanitarian organizations, representatives of the church, members of the media, military and police, and local authorities.
   
  The complete text of the report can be found in the Ombudsman of Peru web page:  www.defensoria.gob.pe
  
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