Venezuelan soldiers have dislodged more than 11,500 illegal gold miners from the country's biggest natural reserve since July, where they cleared forest and contaminated water, the head of the military operation announced Sunday.The miners had felled and burnt trees in the forest, contaminated water and engaged in illegal underground drilling using "high pressure hoses and machinery to remove the layer of vegetation and. pollutants," Lara said.
Troops dislodge 11,500 illegal miners from Venezuelan reserve
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