Thirteen men were kidnapped and killed at a gold mine in Pataz district earlier in May.

Writing on X, Peru's interior ministry said the suspect, Miguel Rodriguez Diaz, alias "Cuchillo" (Knife), was arrested in a ...

A suspect in the murder of 13 miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia. Miguel Rodriguez, known as 'Cuchillo,' was caught ...

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 Peruvian government has imposed a night-time curfew in Pataz province, where 13 kidnapped mine workers were killed last ...

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

Grisly Peru Mining Murders Spotlight 'Gold Curse' in the Andes By Sebastian Castaneda and Marco Aquino TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks ...

Thirteen bodies pulled from under a mine tunnel in northern Peru have set in motion a government crackdown that reflects a ...

TRUJILLO, Peru, May 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón ... criminal gangs who authorities have blamed for the murders. The white coffin of Monzón was carried by friends ...

Peru is assigning the military ... even approve a plan to combat illegal mining, which also poses a threat to formal operations. “The kidnapping and murder of these workers demonstrates that ...

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