Illegal gold miners will cease their operations when gold is no longer as valued as bitcoin, solving the destruction of ecosystems in the Amazon. Puerto Maldonado in Peru's Madre de Dios province ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

The jungle is crisscrossed with miles upon miles of airstrips for transporting machinery in and gold out, and the rivers are dotted with hulking mining barges. Across the Amazon, drug runners have ...