Title: Peru Pursues Criminal Charges Against Greenpeace For Desecrating Sacred Sites | The Daily Caller
Headings: Peru Pursues Criminal Charges Against Greenpeace For Desecrating Sacred Sites
Peru Pursues Criminal Charges Against Greenpeace For Desecrating Sacred Sites
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Content: “It’s a true slap in the face at everything Peruvians consider sacred,” exclaimed Peru’s Deputy Culture Minister Luis Jaime Castillo. Peruvian officials said they would pursue criminal charges against the group, preventing activists from leaving the country while prosecutors “file charges of attacking archaeological monuments, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison,” The Guardian reports. The Nazca lines are ancient geoglyphs depicting hundreds of figures from monkeys to spiders to lizards in southern Peru. Nazca has been declared a world heritage site by Unesco and Peruvians consider the lines to be a sacred site. Greenpeace activists unfurled giant banners next to one of Nazca’s massive geoglyphs saying “Time For Change! The Future Is Renewable.” Officials say Greenpeace activists damaged the historical site with their banners. Needless to say, Peruvians were not pleased. “This has been done without any respect for our laws. It was done in the middle of the night.