Peru to deport tourists over Machu Picchu damage

AFP ^ | 1/15/2020 | AFP

[ek_hornbeck]

Five tourists arrested for damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site will be deported to Bolivia later on Wednesday, police said.

A sixth was released from custody and ordered to remain in Machu Picchu pending trial after paying bail of $910.

The six tourists -- four men and two women -- were arrested for damaging Peru's "cultural heritage" after being found in a restricted area of the Temple of the Sun on Sunday.

They were also suspected of defecating inside the 600-year-old temple, an important edifice in the Inca sanctuary.

[ek_hornbeck]

Seems like these vandalizing swine got away with little more than a slap on the wrist. It's a shame that Alberto Fujimori no longer runs Peru, he would have had them beaten half to death for their actions.

I'm sure these tourists have made their home nations (Brazil, Argentina, and France) so proud.

[Jonty30]

Idiots. These people never think about anything beyond themselves.

[hanamizu]

I just can’t imagine that a Peruvian prison would be a place where I’d like to stay. I don’t think I’d even be a little tempted to mess with their stuff.

[Rummyfan]

They were also suspected of defecating inside the 600-year-old temple, an important edifice in the Inca sanctuary.

Nice, classy people.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Tie them down and cut the heart out, same as always.

[lizma2]

” defecating inside the 600-year-old temple”

Why has defecating in public becoming so popular???

I don’t get this.

[fhayek]

Hell, if they did this in San Francisco, they would have been given the key to the city.

[ek_hornbeck]

What starts in San Francisco seems to become the nation-wide and world-wide norm 10-20 years later.

[kaehurowing]

Sounds like the “homeless.”

[LonePalm]

FWIW - My grandfather was friends with Hiram Bingham III and served as anthropologist and medical doctor for his 1915 expedition to Machu Picchu. We have most of the photographs he took including a carefully done panorama looking down on the Urubamba River as it flows around the base of the mountain Machu Picchu.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[TigersEye]

The kid who damaged a wall and a floor might spend four years in a Peruvian prison. I wouldn’t call that a slap on the wrist. It might be a life sentence.

[MayflowerMadam]

“The kid who damaged a wall and a floor might spend four years in a Peruvian prison”

Give him four years, and his parents 10 years. Rough way to learn how to respect other people’s property, but so worth it.

[lodi90]

They were also suspected of defecating inside the 600-year-old temple, an important edifice in the Inca sanctuary.

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Are they from San Francisco by chance?

[Larry Lucido]

Now we know why Pennypacker changed his mind.

[livius]

No Americans. These people sound like a bunch of semi-hippie mostly Latin American flakes going on the “spiritual woo woos” tour of native sites. They’re probably looking for the Pachamama.

[DoughtyOne]

Honestly, I would have supported a good long caning.

Then I’d have given them a straw and told them to clean it up or get more of the same.

That’s a valuable site to the world. Who the hell pulls that sort of routine?

I’m not Peruvian, but that angers me.

[Captainpaintball]

Thank you. I was waiting for this.

[Amberdawn]

I agree, one has to wonder what people are thinking. Having one’s photograph taken while naked in front of well known sites is another stupid trend.

[DoughtyOne]

Peruvian Authorities: Hey! No poop for from you!

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t get the need for either one. Thanks.