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08-18-07, 09:10 AM
Lima, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Marine Corps troops will prevent looting in the southern city of Pisco and other locales hit by the severe earthquake Wednesday, Peruvian President Alan Garcia warned on Friday.


"I don't want to take any extreme measure, I don't want to decree curfew or use firearms," he said in worst-hit Pisco, 155 miles south of Lima.



Almost at the same time as the president's remarks, a group of truck drivers were forced to fire into the air to disperse looters near Ica, another earthquake-hit city, 198 miles from the capital.



Meanwhile, police reported the death of a looter, who fell from a truck near Pisco while he was trying to get mattresses to distribute among a group of quake victims.



Garcia said he hoped this situation will be over when victims have normal food and drinking water delivery.



Referring to looting of three food-laden trucks, Prime Minister Jorge del Cartillo called on quake victims to remain calm, as violence is not appropriate at a time when unity must prevail to face the catastrophe.



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