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[^2]\n\nIllegal mining operations in the Yungas of La Paz, Bolivia, are destroying the boundaries of the Senda Verde sanctuary, with a cooperative using heavy machinery to excavate up to 30 meters deep on 100 square meters of land. [^3]\n\nIn Bolivia, the spider monkey (Ateles chamek) was reclassified from Vulnerable to Endangered in the 2026 Red Book of Vertebrates of Bolivia due to a population decline of at least 50% over the last 45 years. [^4]\n\nDaniela Quintero is a Colombian journalist and sociologist based in Bogotá who serves as investigations editor at Mongabay Latam, developing cross-border investigations into nature crimes and environmental issues across Latin America. [^5]\n\nHigh gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon, and criminal groups have used Venezuela as a laundering route for illegally mined gold since Brazil tightened controls on the trade, according to a Mongabay investigation published in 2024. [^6]\n\nQuintero reported for Mongabay on glass-eel fishing in the Dominican Republic and on the smuggling and laundering of illegally mined Amazonian gold through Venezuela. [^7]\n\nQuintero said environmental stories are about power, inequality, corruption, Indigenous rights, organized crime and people trying to protect their territories, which keeps her interested in environmental journalism. 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