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

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of ...

Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern ...

Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 ...

THIRTEEN security guards kidnapped from a major gold mine have been found dead after being kept hostage for a week. The ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of the country that’s seen an up-tick in criminal activity culminating in ...

Thirteen mine workers were found dead on Sunday at the bottom of a gallery in a region overwhelmed by the explosion of ...

TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger.

Guards' deaths highlight the rising issue of illegal mining and violence in Peru's Amazonian province of Pataz.

Peru’s government imposed a nighttime curfew and following the abduction and murder of 13 security workers at the Poderosa ...

Violence linked to illegal mining operations continues to spiral in the Pataz region, despite a state of emergency having ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, Peru’s Interior Ministry said, their deaths coming as ...