Around 3:30 in the morning, a group of armed criminals violently broke into the processing plant of Araracoto minerallocated in the district of Tayabamba, province of Patazregion Freedom. The fact left eight injured people -including two troops from the National Police of Peru (PNP)– And generated the retention of 20 workers for several hours.
According to official information, the aggressors took advantage of the darkness and remote location of the installation To carry out the assault. The shots unleashed moments of tension and fear among the workers of the night shift and residents of the area.
Among the injured are the policemen José Luis Rodríguez Carhuajulca (36) and Junior Guerra Barbosa, who were affected during the initial response of the forces of the order. Next to them, six other workers of the Minera Caravelí They were also reached by the projectiles or suffered injuries resulting from the attack.
The complete list of injured includes:
- José Armando Ruiz de la Cruz (31)
- Daniel Pascual Sánchez Ruiz (31)
- Jhonsin Tapia Machano
- Gil Bocanegra seiden
- José Luis Rodríguez Carhuajulca (36) – PNP
- Junior Guerra Barbosa – PNP
- Bryan Yumanaqui Santos
- Ignacio Marroquín Lara
The 20 workers held by the attackers were finally released after an intervention of the PNP, which mobilized personnel specialized in search and rescue. No confrontations have been reported during the release, and the details of the operation still They have not been completely spread.
According to him Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER) La Libertad, six injured were evacuated by helicopter to the high complexity hospital of Trujillodue to the seriousness of their injuries. Among the transferred are the two police officers.
The other injured remain under observation at the Tayabamba Provincial Hospital, where they receive medical care from the Health personnel of the Integrated Pataz and Samu network.
The transfer action was activated in coordination with the Regional Health Management (Geresa), which arranged ambulances and healthcare personnel after receiving the confrontation alert.
The authors of the attack managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness and difficult access to the area. So far, no captures have occurred nor has the assault group been identifiedalthough police sources do not rule out that they are linked to illegal mining networks, a recurring problem in the province of Pataz.
The area where the incident occurred is low state of emergency For more than a year, precisely because of the sustained increase in violence related to the mineral resources dispute.
The attack in Araracoto is part of a chain of facts that keeps the authorities of the region on alert. In recent months, illegal occupations of concessions, armed clashes, attacks on mining camps and workers’ kidnappings have been recorded.
After the incident, the National Police and Representatives of the Public Ministry They intensified the patrols in Tayabamba and surrounding areas. Intelligence teams were also deployed to track the aggressors and prevent new attacks.
For its part, the Regional Health ManagerAníbal Morillo said that “we have been informed of this situation, so immediate actions have been arranged to attend to the injured of this confrontation caused between a group of criminals that tried to take a mining camp in the Tayabamba district, the response of the health personnel has been timely and continues to monitor the injured, in the next few hours we will have a new report.”
