last week, 13 miners were kidnapped and killed by a head in the head in the Peruvian province of Pataz, about 800 kilometers … To the north of the capital, Lima. They extracted gold for the Minera La Poderosa and, according to company sources, they were kidnapped by illegal miners operating in the area.
“The spiral of uncontrolled violence in Pataz occurs despite the statement of the state of exception and the presence of a large police contingent that, unfortunately, has not been able to stop the deterioration of security conditions in the area,” said the powerful, who reported the death of 39 of its workers in recent months.
This Tuesday, the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, decided to take letters in the matter: “within a maximum period of 48 hours the curfew will be available in the area and the armed forces will assume territorial control to guarantee the security of the population,” said the government in a statement according to which a military base will also be established there. In any case, the authorities spread the identity of the alleged leader of La Matanza, Miguel Rodríguez, aka ‘knife’ last night, and said he has fled to Colombia.
