Six people were killed after the alleged dynamite attack in Bolivia Gold Mining of engagement Mining news

Dynamite’s attack is believed to be the result of two groups of mining groups fighting to reach gold deposits.

The clash between the gold mining operations in Bolivia led to the explosion of the killing of six people, according to the authorities.

On Thursday, the Yani mining camp was shook about 150 km – or 90 miles – northwest of the administrative capital in the country, La Paz.

“There are six people, and we have reports of missing persons,” said Johnny Silva, an actor from one of the relevant mining groups.

The group mining group with another group is said to be known as Senor De Mayo, in a dynamite battle around reaching the gold mining area. The explosion left damaged houses and the city of Sorara without strength.

“They bombed machines with Dynamite, and even the diesel tank,” Silva said of the competing cooperative.

College groups have been developed in Bolivia as an alternative to the institutions managed by the state and private. Critics accused these large companies of providing unstable opportunities for workers in the field of low -income mining, and their jobs that depend on market fluctuations.

Collective groups began to appear in the wake of many economic crises, especially in 1985, when the prices of international minerals decreased and the state -owned mining company Corporación Minra de Bolivia (Combol) temporarily closed.

That left tens of thousands of Bolivian miners without jobs. With the privatization of Bolivia mines, the groups offered the space for miners for self -regulation. Some may eventually extract tin, silver, gold and zinc for sale for private companies.

The groups are now the majority of mining workers, and the number of their counterparts has exceeded in Comibol and in the private sector. Consequently, they practice great political power, despite their relatively modest ability to extract minerals, compared to major companies.

Estimates put the number of gold mining groups in about 1,600. But critics of the cooperative system warn of the presence of a few guarantees in force for workers, who are exposed to toxic conditions in the extraction process.

Opponents also note that – although cooperatives are legal – some of their mining activities are not, and this can lead to environmental destruction and pollution.

The informal nature of work also led to fatal clashes, whether on mining sites and markets that sell minerals and increase investments.

The battles sometimes include COMEPOL workers and security forces. The state -run company became the largest company in Bolivia, and partly paid favorable policies during the era of former socialist President Evo Morales, who led the country from 2006 to 2019.

In 2012, for example, the tensions between COMIBOL and Collectives led to road obstacles and a deadly dynamic attack in La Paz.

However, the dynamite attack on Thursday between the group groups was collapsing for years, according to Silva.

Colonel Gonath Agodo, a local police officer, told local media that the dynamite attack “caused a major explosion.”

“We are continuing the rescue efforts,” he said.