Oil spill tars Peruvian seaside towns, leaves fishermen jobless

Ancon, Peru (AFP) Jan 23, 2022

Thousands of barrels of crude oil that were spilled off Peru's central coast have taken a grim toll: dead birds adrift in the sea and irate fishermen stuck on the docks. Some 6,000 barrels poured into the sea as an oil tanker unloaded a week ago at the La Pampilla refinery located some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Lima. According to Spanish oil company Repsol, which owns the refine