Curfew in Peru province after 13 mine workers were killed

The Peruana government introduced a night curfew in Potaz, where 13 stolen mine workers were killed last week.

President Dina Boluarte also ordered to throw mining for a month, while additional police and soldiers are located in the region.

As a result of the incident, the activities of criminal groups in the way were carefully recorded.

La Poderosa, the Peruvian company that owns the gold mine where the men worked, stated that on April 26, they were abducted by “illegal miners who conspiring with criminals.” Their bodies were found on Sunday.

President Bolwart said the armed forces would accept “complete control of the La Poderosa mining zone”.

In a statement by La Poderosa, a total of 39 people with references to the campaign were killed by criminal gangs in Potaz, a mining region more than 800 km (500 miles) north of the capital, LiM.

It added that the state of emergency, which has been in force in the province since February 2024, had a small effect.

“The spiral of uncontrolled violence in the way, despite the declaration of emergency and the presence of a large police contingent, which, unfortunately, could not stop the deterioration of the security conditions in the area,” – said in a statement on May 2.

13 men whose bodies were found on Sunday were occupied by the R&R subcontractor who worked in the La Poderosa mine.

They were sent to resist the group that attacked and occupied the mine, but were ambushed and confiscated when they tried to return control.

The videos shared by their invaders showed that they tied and naked, lay in the mine.

Personnel and the fact that their invaders shared them with their relatives in an attempt to force them to pay the ransom, caused indignation in Peru.

The opening of their bodies on Sunday and the Medical Evidence, which suggests that they were shot empty for more than a week before they were found, caused further shock.

A prosecutor from the Luis Guillermo Bringas region told local media that the area was deployed a “war for mining pits” between illegal miners and criminals, on the one hand, and legal miners on the other.