Rain washing away land mines and close the borders of Chile and Peru
Destroyed by flooding rivers in Peru and Chile, a number of homes and displacedcitizens and worse the more she washed away land mines, which led to the closure of the common border between the two countries.
The summer rains returned by forecasters to the waves of low pressure formed in theSouth Atlantic Ocean this month in the destruction of crops in Peru and flood rivers in northern Chile.
Officials said the land mines that target individuals and tanks, which were planted around the basin Lotta in the seventies when he was mounting tension between the two countriesappeared on the surface.
And as a precaution Chile blew four land mines were found on Monday in a highwayconnecting the city of Tacna in Peru and Chile in the city of Erika. Officials fear that the rainwashed away more land mines to the road.
Ximena said Varisy a provincial official in Chile, told La Terceira "water washing awaymore bombs therefore monitoring the situation every two hours to see what happens."
Source: Reuters