This Friday the death of 13 miners who were kidnapped since April 25 in the province of Patáz, Peru.
The District of Patáz, from the region of Freedom, It is in a state of emergency by disposition of the Peruvian government.
In addition, the National Police of Peru (PNP) communicated the discovery of two more bodies. The identity of the bodies has not been determined or confirmed if they belong to the 13 workers.
According to the medium Commercethe kidnappers demanded 4 million soles for the release of miners.
According to the Peruvian environment Radio Programs of Peru (RPP)on April 25, a group of illegal minersallegedly colluded with criminal organizations, they kidnapped workers who performed services to an artisanal miner who would be linked to Minera Poderosa, a company that focuses on extracting gold.
Before kidnapping, violence was increasing, as there was an attack on the operations of the Artisanal miner.
The Powerful mining company, He commented on the serious situation, pointing out that “we are urgently called to the Government in order to rethink its strategy to face crime and achieve the capture of criminals who have been operating in Pataz “.
“To do this, it is necessary to strengthen the intelligence work and work hand in hand with the Public Ministry and the Judicial Branch”He said.
In addition, he stressed that “the same by the Congresswhose repeated reimfo process that has proven to be a total failure “the company ended.
For its side, The mayor of Pataz, Aldo Mariño, criticized the government of On Biguarte for not capturing any criminal gang, although the town is in an emergency.
“Make an order to Central government That you have to send intelligence service, the depincri to the province of Pataz. To date, they do not have an identified criminal band, they have not captured. We have been emergency for more than a year. There are no members of captured bands, ”he said.
It should be noted that, according to RPP, the security measures of police and military operations, who mobilized more than 800 troops this week, They failed to prevent the kidnapping of the miners.
