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

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 ...

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 ...

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 is assigning the military with the task of regaining control of a mineral-rich area of the country’s northern highlands ...

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

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

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

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

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

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