one of Peru's largest gold miners, said on Wednesday that it had faced a fresh attack by "criminals" linked to illegal mining on one of its facilities in the Andean nation, which left a security ...

Gangs are preying on local businesses, demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortion has ...

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

A similar attack took place in April last year ... further details on the attack or its perpetrators. Illegal gold mining in Peru has surged in recent years, driven by high gold prices.

A group of informal miners attacked facilities at an exploration project in southern Peru, injuring 20 workers ... social media showed the Los Chancas mining camp in flames, reminiscent of a ...

It did not give further details about the attack or its perpetrators. La Poderosa, a private firm based in Peru's capital of Lima, said that criminal groups fighting for control of the mine in ...

Peru’s government imposed a nighttime ... including two police officers, during an attack on workers at another mining camp. Victims were intercepted while en route to the Caravelí processing ...

Search Underway in Peru for Trapped Workers at Small Gold Mine LIMA (Reuters) -Rescue workers in northern Peru were searching for trapped miners at a small gold mine on Monday , after the mine was ...

Monday’s incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year ... In April 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also found that Peru’s failure to regulate mining activities violated ...

Peru's Interior Ministry said it had deployed ... It did not give further details about the attack or its perpetrators. Mining is a key economic driver for the Andean nation, one of the largest ...