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Chile: Anti-Tank Mine Explosion Near Peru Border Destroys Truck, One Person Reported Dead

A Chilean Army engineer wearing protective gear uses a magnetic detector during demining on a minefield on May 26, 2014, near Arica, some 2,000 km north of Santiago, in the border with Peru. (Credit: Photo by PATRICIO BANDA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIO BANDA/AFP via Getty Images)

A pickup truck was reduced to a burned-out shell overnight Sunday after driving into a minefield planted decades ago along Chile's far northern border, barely 280 meters from Peru. More than half a day later, forensic teams still hadn't reached the wreckage, and officials in the Arica y Parinacota region hadn't agreed on how many people were riding in the vehicle, who they were, or what exactly triggered the blast.

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