Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED ...

They had been deployed to protect a remote gold mining site in the mountainous Pataz province, where operations include both legal and illegal players, when they were seized and executed by a ...

The Peruvian government has ordered a suspension of mining activity and imposed a 12-hour nightly curfew in the province of Pataz in the northern region of La Libertad after the massacre of ...

President Dina Boluarte announced a 30-day ban on mining activities in the northern Pataz province, signaling a significant shift in the government's approach to combating illegal mining and ...

TRUJILLO, Peru, - 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 he and 12 ...

In northern Peru's Pataz province, the lure of gold mining has turned lethal. A recent massacre claimed the lives of 13 mine workers, including security personnel, due to illegal mining activities.

On Monday, the mayor of Pataz, Aldo Carlos Mariños, called on the authorities: "Pay attention to this province. We give all our gold to the country. How is it possible that we don't have a ...

the Peruvian government has declared a night-time curfew in Pataz province. President Dina Boluarte announced that mining operations will also be suspended for a month and that additional police and ...

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 ...

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