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Man who visited highest city on Earth with 'no laws' filmed scary crime taking place in broad daylight

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Updated 11:19 13 Sep 2024 GMT+1Published 09:42 13 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Man who visited highest city on Earth with 'no laws' filmed scary crime taking place in broad daylight

The YouTuber said it was his 'scariest experience' when travelling

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

A man who visited the highest city on Earth with 'no laws' got front row seats to see some crime happening.

At 5,100 metres above sea level, the gold mining town of La Rinconada, Peru, is the highest permanent settlement in the world.

However, all that glitters is not gold and the place has a reputation for being a rather lawless part of the world.

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The place is described as 'lawless'. (Youtube/Yes Theory)
The place is described as 'lawless'. (Youtube/Yes Theory)

If you want to know what it's like in this city in the clouds you don't even have to go there yourself, because someone already has and took lots of footage.

A YouTube documentary on La Rinconada had the visitors describe it as 'the sketchiest place' they'd ever been, saying they saw fights breaking out all over the place.

The man who visited the city found that many people were friendly but it was still 'one of the most intense places' he'd ever been to.

YouTuber Ammar and his cameraman Cory were given 'security instructions' during their stay in La Rinconada as there were concerns that they'd otherwise be marked as a target.

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The filmmakers saw numerous fights going on outside their window. (YouTube / Yes Theory)
The filmmakers saw numerous fights going on outside their window. (YouTube / Yes Theory)

They were warned particularly about what would happen at night, being told that the town would 'completely change'.

Describing the highest city on Earth as 'essentially as close to a lawless town as it gets', they explained that people coming to work in La Rinconada would work without pay for 30 days and then get one day to themselves where they got to keep any gold they found.

While some of the scenery there was 'beautiful', the town is located at the foot of a glacier and there were 'kind locals' who helped guide the pair of men through an unfamiliar environment, the documentary also showed how quickly things could turn.

Locals told Ammar that a couple of weeks before he spoke to them they saw a man shot dead a few streets away.

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When cameraman Cory stepped out at night to get some shots of the streets of La Rinconada in the dark he soon decided to head back inside after someone tried to rob him.

Throughout the night they could hear gunshots and screams, and when filming from the window of their hotel room the next morning Ammar said they'd seen three fights right outside in half an hour.

In the documentary they showed two men squaring up to each other as two men started hitting each other in the head in the middle of the day with nobody to step in and stop them.

The guys decided that was probably their cue to leave.

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Yes Theory

Topics: YouTube, Documentaries, World News, Crime, Travel

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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