Cache of explosives for illegal mining seized near Cuenca Ecuador

Posted on March 9, 2013 • Filed under: Ecuador, Explosives / Bombs, Latin America Mining

elmercurio.com reported that 3165 units are explosive material were recovered by the Armed Forces (Armed Forces), in an operation carried out last Wednesday morning, in the parish Canaribamba, Canton Santa Isabel. During the operation were seized: 1,324 tacos nitrate, 13 sacks of 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 1,301 sticks of dynamite, 167 units fulminant ten rolls of 1000 meters of safety fuse, 294 units explogel, 66 capsules regular armed and four motorcycles, 15 compressors and engine light. Read Article

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