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 ...

The government plans to establish a military base and enforce a curfew to address the escalating illegal mining-based ...

Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were ...

Peru's president Dina Boluarte has suspended gold mining for 30 days and imposed a 12-hour curfew in the northern province of ...

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

Violence in Pataz has been contained in the past, mitigating risk to the broader industry. Still, greater scrutiny is needed ...

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

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

Peru mourns 13 miners killed in Pataz amid illegal gold mining surge, as officials blame armed gangs and policy lapses.

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

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

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