The collapse of a hillside in Pataz, in the Sierra de La Libertad, quickly mobilized all the regional and government authorities, who are heading to the site of bringing aid to begin rescue efforts ...

The mayor of Pataz province in northern Peru, Aldo Carlos Mariño, stated on Tuesday that President Dina Boluarte privately promised a full investigation into the killing of 13 mine workers but ...

In this regard, the Ombudsman's office stated on its Twitter account that they have already met with the Peruvian Army, Indeci, the Police and the General Volunteer Fire Department to ensure their ...

The Peruvian government has declared a night-time curfew and suspended mining activities in the violence-stricken province of Pataz, following the brutal killing of 13 mine workers by suspected ...

TRUJILLO, Peru, May 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger. Now ...

Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were killed after a kidnapping inside a gold mine. Mining in Pataz in Peru's north ...

As the price of the precious metal soars to record levels, underground gunfights have erupted in the Andean region of Pataz as the mines’ riches draw in brutal crime cartels Deep in the mountains of ...

Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by illegal miners.

THE MINERS’ chants filled the main square of Trujillo, a city on Peru’s northern coast. Many of them had travelled from Pataz, a province deep in the Andean hinterlands where a gang recently murdered ...

The Pataz Unified Command, whose members hail from the National Armed Forces and the National Police, detained three men in their mid-to-late twenties, who attempted to kidnap a group of miners in the ...