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

The white coffin of Monzón was carried by friends and family and paraded through the streets of Trujillo before his burial.

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 the ...

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

The bodies of 13 workers at a Peruvian gold mine were discovered over the weekend as criminal groups step up a wave of terror ...

The men were killed in a region that has seen growing conflict over access to ore in recent years. The mine has also been a ...

Much of Peru is awash in a wave of crime that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency last month​.

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

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

In a horrific conclusion, the bodies of 13 security guards who were kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine over a week ago were ...

Americascategory· May 7, 2025 Grisly Peru mining murders spotlight 'gold curse' in the Andes Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the ...

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 ...