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Carlos Villalon - Photographer
Miners pass through the Zamuro rapids, on their way to Puerto Inirida, Colombia.
Mr. Jose Clarin, a Puinave indian, displays wolfram or tungsten, brought from a mine named ¨Cerro Tigre,¨ in the community of Chorro Bocon, Colombia.
Mr. Pablo Flores, a Curripaco indian, looks at the jungle surrounding him while on a journey to prove that ¨Cerro Timoteo¨actually has a Coltan deposit, Colombia.
Gold dredgers seen in the Inirida river with the Mavicure range on the background, Guanía, Colombia.
Mr. Candido Moyano, front, Javier Garcia (R) and Pablo Flores (L) mine for Coltan stones at a place Mr. Moyano baptized as ¨Cerro Timoteo¨, Colombia.
Mr. Candido Moyano, 49, mines for Coltan stones at a place he baptized as ¨Cerro Timoteo¨, Guanía, Colombia.
A porter walks in the mud in the port of Julio Cruz, Colombia, June 14, 2013. The port, located on a tributary to the Inirida river is used to download illegal tungsten from a mine controlled by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, guerrillas in the Inirida river.
David Garzón, far right and Ramiro Alvarez, far left, navigate the ¨Caño Grande, ¨ Guanía, Colombia. The tributary to the Inirida river is used to transport illegal tungsten from a mine controlled by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, guerrillas in the Inirida river
Mr, Raul Linares, a miner, looks at wolfram or tungsten stones samples brought from ¨Cerro Tigre¨ mine, Puerto Inirida, Colombia.
Mr. Dario Pascual, a Piapoco indian from the hamlet of Pueblo Escondido at an abandoned tin mine, Colombia.