It was gold that brought the Spanish conquistadors to Peru in the 1500s. More than 500 years on and the precious metal is ...

The main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia, according to Peru’s ...

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

The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district. The burned bodies of 13 missing gold miners were recovered after being ...

Guards' deaths highlight the rising issue of illegal mining and violence in Peru's Amazonian province of Pataz.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, Peru’s Interior Ministry said, their deaths coming as ...

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.

When the Invicta mine opened and its trucks began to rumble up and down the windy roads with precious metals extracted from deep inside, the people of Parán said, “No.” This is episode 39 of Stories ...

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 ...

The mine has also been a hotbed of illegal gold mining. By Mitra Taj Reporting from Lima, Peru The bodies of 13 gold miners were found in an underground shaft at a site operated by Peru’s ...

The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, the mining company said. The Peruvian company, La Poderosa, said that a search ...

Police in Colombia have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the killing of 13 kidnapped workers at a gold mine in ...