[meteorite-list] New Peru article

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:59:51 -0400
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http://www.livinginperu.com/news-4832-environmentnature-meteorite-crater-guarded-perus-police-after-u-s-citizens-attempt-traffick-it

Latest News in Peru / Archive
Environment/Nature | 3 October, 2007 [ 16:00 ]

Meteorite Crater Guarded by Peru's Police after U.S. Citizens Attempt to
Traffick it

(LIP-ir) -- Peru's official government news agency reported yesterday that the
crater where a meteorite fell in Puno, Peru was being guarded by 20 of Peru's
National Police officers.

Chief of the police station, Major Victor Anaya stated that the officers had
been placed near the meteorite landing site to keep a group of U.S. citizens
from trafficking pieces of the meteorite.

On Monday October 1, Ronald Woodman, the president of Peru's Geophysics
Institute (IGP) claimed that a group of U.S. citizens, led by Michael Farmer,
were attempting to traffick pieces of the meteorite.

Woodman stated that Farmer was a known meteorite hunter that searched for
meteorites around the world and sold them to collectors. He stated, "They
planned to start digging today and take them out of the country. This is worth
money, and they are taking them to sell them not to study them."

The Geophysics president expressed his discontent with respect to the team led
by Farmer. He stated that they were taking advantage of the townspeoples
ignorance, stating that the meteorite was worth much more than what they were
paying.

Anaya reported that police had searched for the meteorite hunters at their hotel
but were unable to catch them because they had left. He explained that the U.S.
citizens had urged the townspeople to collect samples, causing some of them to
attempt to drain the water from the crater
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