REUTERS/
Hundreds of protesters opposed to a Southern Copper mine near Islay smashed windows and set a bus on fire as at least a thousand police officers tried to stop a blockade of the Pan-American highway.
The Front for the Defense of the Tambo Valley says the mine would cause pollution and accused the government of President Alan Garcia of being on the side of big mining companies.
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