A police officer rests during the destruction of an illegal gold mining camp in the area known as La Pampa, in Peru's Madre de Dios region, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Authorities have launched 15 such operations here in Madre de Dios state since declaring unpermitted, wildcat mining a crime in 2012, blasting dredges, backhoes and motors to bits and expelling thousands of miners and their families from muddy makeshift jungle settlements. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd), APTOPIX