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

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

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

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

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

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

The Peruvian government has declared a night-time curfew and suspended mining activities in the violence-stricken province of ...

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

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

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 ...