LIMA (Reuters) - The jailed governor of a mineral-rich region in Peru who helped derail Newmont's $5 billion (£2.9 billion) Conga gold project will run for re-election on an anti-mining ticket this year from prison, his party said on Monday.
A federal judge in Lima last week ordered Gregorio Santos imprisoned for 14 months, saying he might flee the country while public prosecutors prepare corruption charges against him.
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