Thirteen people were found dead inside a gold mine after denouncing their kidnapping days ago in the town of Patazin the Sierra Norte de Perú.
The victims were workers of a company that provided services to Powerfulan atmosphere, which in recent months has been the target of armed groups related to illegal gold mining.
A recent video circulating on social networks shows the time when the 13 miners were killed, in the registry it is seen that The agents underwent extreme brutality. After being tortured, stripped of their clothes and handcuffed, they were executed with shots at the head.
The video shown below contains images of great impact, so it is recommended discretion and care to those who decide to see it.
Mining is a key economic driver in Peru, one of the largest gold producers in Latin America. Pataz, located about 900 kilometers from the capital Lima, has been in a state of emergency since February 2024 due to the escalation of violence caused by gold fever.
“We all know that the illegal activity of our mining moves millions and millions, many more than the millions that moves drug trafficking. We have to battle and win this war,” said President Dina Boluarte in the statement broadcast by the state television station.
Between 2013 and 2023, the Peru Financial Intelligence Unit identified operations by 8,241 million dollars suspicious of coming from illegal mining.
The government of Peru declared on Monday the curfew in the District of Pataz, after the day before was dead to 13 workers linked to one of the country’s large mining companies in the country.
The victims, workers of a company that provided services to the mine Powerfulthey were found dead in a pataz mining socavon days after their kidnapping in that place was denounced.
“The curfew is declared throughout the Pataz district from six in the afternoon until six in the morning,” said Boluarte in a pronouncement as part of the measures to face organized crime linked to illegal mining.
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