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

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 bodies of 13 security guards were found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped days earlier in the northern ...

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 ...

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

In Peru's Pataz province, illegal gold mining has led to violence, claiming 13 lives in a tragic incident. Despite gold's ...

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

Authorities said the victims were security guards and miners. The region the mine is located in is under a state of emergency due to ongoing instability.

Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a ...

The gold mine, La Poderosa, said that a search-and-rescue team recovered the staff members’ remains in the mine on Sunday.

Peru’s Interior Ministry says that the bodies of 13 of its security guards kidnapped from a gold mine just over a week ago have been found ...

Peru's President Dina Boluarte has announced a 30-day suspension of mining in the north following the kidnapping and killing ...