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Six tourists arrested after faeces found in sacred Machu Picchu area

Machu Picchu is the most iconic site from the Inca empire that ruled much of western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries. [AFP]

Six tourists, including a French woman, have been arrested over accusations that they damaged Peru's cultural heritage by defecating in a sacred temple at the iconic Machu Picchu sanctuary.

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