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

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

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

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

Peru’s government imposed a nighttime curfew and following the abduction and murder of 13 security workers at the Poderosa ...

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

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 ...

In a horrific conclusion, the bodies of 13 security guards who were kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine over a week ago were ...

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

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

The gold mine, La Poderosa, said that a search-and-rescue team recovered the staff members’ remains in the mine on Sunday.

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 ...