so la pampa is an area next to the highway. about 5 years ago, this was a place that was a couple miners, a couple tents. and it eventually became an illegal city that had thousands of people and was the gateway to the hotspot of illegal gold mining in the amazon. [karina garay speaking spanish] fernandez: it's a place that has now been taken apart by a government action called operation mercury. [man yells, men respond] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [gonzalo cordova speaks spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [woman speaking spanish] [camera focus adjusting] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [luis loraico speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [woman speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [luis loraico speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [luis hidalgo okimura speaking spanish] [teacher speaking spanish] fernandez: an ngo that tracks mercury a mining has estimated 185 tons of mercury are released to the rivers and lakes of this reg