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Julio César Arana, the Peruvian rubber baron primarily responsible for the Putumayo genocide. Arana became the senator of Loreto in 1921, during his tenure he forced 6,719 indigenous people to migrate further into Peruvian territory. Half of that group died during the migration.

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