The area had already been under a state of emergency, with heavy police and military presence, due to prior attacks on Poderosa's operations. Peru's mining and energy minister, Jorge Montoro, said the ...

Miguel Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, whose alias is "Cuchillo" (knife), was arrested in the city of Medellin in a joint operation ...

Catholic bishops in Peru condemned the killing of 13 mine workers in La Libertad region, calling for justice, national unity ...

The main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia, according to Peru’s ...

Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

There are suspicions of police complicity in the massacre, which is bound up with the struggle for control of lucrative gold ...

The white coffin of Monzón was carried by friends and family and paraded through the streets of Trujillo before his burial. In northern Piura, Darwin Cobeñas was laid to rest in his humble hometown, ...

A similar attack took place in April last year ... further details on the attack or its perpetrators. Illegal gold mining in Peru has surged in recent years, driven by high gold prices.

It did not give further details about the attack or its perpetrators. La Poderosa, a private firm based in Peru’s capital of Lima, said that criminal groups fighting for control of the mine in ...

The 13 victims, employed as security guards by a gold mining company under contract with Poderosa, were kidnapped approximately a week before their bodies were found. The criminals reportedly demanded ...

"Formal mining is under attack. "Illegal mining today is the country’s main illicit activity, even bigger than drug trafficking." Peru is a major gold and copper supplier for the world.

This most recent attack prompted Peru's President Dina Boluarte to impose a night-time curfew in Pataz and to suspend mining activities for a month. Extra police and soldiers were also sent to the ...