A Peruvian court ordered the arrest of the indigenous governor of a mineral-rich southern region after sentencing him to six years in prison on Wednesday for leading 2011 deadly protests against a Canadian open-pit silver project. Walter Aduviri, 39, the governor of Puno and an indigenous Aymara leader, was found guilty in absentia by a criminal court of disturbing public order, the office of the judiciary said on Twitter. Aduviri did not appear at the trial and ignored a previous judicial order to be held in jail ahead of it. His current whereabouts are unknown, leaving it unclear who has been governing the highland ... (full story)