Greenpeace 'is refusing' to hand over names of activists who caused 'irreparable' damage to Nazca

UK Daily Mail ^ | December 16, 2014 | Corey Charlton

[C19fan]

The environmental group Greenpeace has not given Peru the names of the activists accused of damaging the world-renowned Nazca lines during a publicity stunt, Peruvian officials claim. The government has threatened extradition for the activists involved and said it would seek charges for 'attacking archaeological monuments' - a crime punishable by up to six years in prison. During a protest at the U.N. World Heritage site in Peru's coastal desert, activists laid a message promoting clean energy beside the famed figure of a hummingbird comprised of black rocks on a white background.

[Tax-chick]

Offer a reward and see how fast they sell each other out.

[molson209]

Another Liberal ,WOW this is GREAT IDEA ,lets do it ,these people must be advisers at the White House

[Zuse]

Libs only demand transparency for the CIA, not Greenpeace or the IRS.

[Zathras]

You are very correct that its unlikely the damaged anything.
However World Heritage site are probably some of the closely managed places on earth.
I’ve been to two, Petra in Jordan and SS Yongala off Australia.

Everything is considered “No Touch or removal”
To violate this can easily get you prison time.
Greenpeace is in a great deal of trouble.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The Peruvian response should be to declare Greenpeace and all its members part of a banned criminal organization subject to arrest if they enter the country. And that any and all Greenpeace property in the country is subject to seizure and sale.

[minnesota_bound]

Didn’t Peruvians rip the heart out as a sacrifice to their gods?

Maybe they can have a sacrifice or two.

[SunkenCiv]

Interpol arrest warrants are warranted. Greenpeace just jumped the shark.

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• Peru to press charges over Greenpeace Nazca lines stunt
• Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Lines; Peru to Prosecute
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[1010RD]

For the old time Nazis they had the Nakam Project based on Dam Yehudi Nakam in Hebrew. So do we need a Dam Nazca Nakam?

It would be nice to see the Greenpeace Nazis hunted worldwide. Just kidding. ;-]

[tarheelswamprat]

re: “You are very correct that its unlikely the(y) damaged anything.”

No, you are both very wrong about that. This isn’t just a simple case of government bureaucracies; there are valid archaeological factors of concern.

The sand on the high plains is a light-colored, fine-textured variety. However, because there isn’t a lot of wind there, and almost no rain, the surface layer of it remains relatively undisturbed over hundreds and thousands of years. That allows that surface layer to oxidize and form a thin, darker crust over the lighter sand beneath.

The natives who made the designs did so by breaking though that crust and exposing the lighter sand beneath to make the patterns visible from above. Those breaks have remained for centuries, and for the same reason so will the footprints of the Greenpeace vandals tracked through the area, like more or less permanent graffiti. That is the damage.

[Sherman Logan]

Well, then, they should be able to post evidence of the damage actually done.

[Sherman Logan]

Didn’t Peruvians rip the heart out as a sacrifice to their gods?

You're probably thinking of Aztecs and other Meso-Americans.

Peruvians like the Incas also practiced human sacrifice, but usually in less dramatically bloody ways and in much lower volume.

Various earlier groups had somewhat bloodier ways.