05 May, 2025 03:22 p.m. EST
The President On Biguarte He announced the establishment of a curfew in the province of Pataz, in the La Libertad region, as part of a series of measures to deal with the growing crime in the area. From 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., the circulation of people will be restricted, in an effort to reduce acts of violence and strengthen security.
Besides, Boluarte He informed that The Armed Forces will assume total control in the areawhere is the concession of the powerful mining company, and that A military base will be installed in the Pataz district. This action is part of a comprehensive plan to recover order and peace in a region marked by the presence of criminal gangs linked to illegal mining.
In a context of growing violence, the president also announced that she will request extraordinary faculties to legislate in urban terrorism. This request seeks a stronger legal framework to face criminals operating in the area, such as extortionists and hitmen, whose action has sown terror. Boluarte stressed the urgency of having adequate legislation to face these crimes, which described urban terrorism. Although the proposal has been previously submitted to Congress, it has not yet been welcomed.
As part of the measures, all mining activities in Pataz will also be suspended for a period of 30 days, extendable, to facilitate the intervention of security forces. During this time, it will proceed with the exclusion of those that appear in the Comprehensive Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo) under the condition of suspended. In addition, the president urged mining companies not to subcontract their concessions, since this makes it difficult to control activities in the area.
Boluarte He expressed his condolences to the relatives of the 13 miners killed in Patazensuring that the Executive will provide psychological and social support to the victims. He also recalled that the government has taken measures from the moment it rumored about the kidnapping of workers, before the disappearance of the miners was confirmed.
Finally, the president called on unity between the Executive, the Congress, the Public Ministry and the Judiciary to eradicate crime in the country, and criticized the release of the offender “Knife”alleged author of the crime, who was released by the Prosecutor’s Office in 2023.
Defend the Premier
President Dina Boluarte questioned Gustavo Adrianzén’s renunciation orders. “Congressmen, the crime of Pataz will not be solved by censoring Minister Adrianzén and others. Let’s not make political use of the homicide of 13 people,” he said from the Government Palace.
The questioning of the Premier came after the existence of a complaint for kidnapping denounced. During the press conference, Adrianzén indicated that he only communicated what the mining company.
Dina Boluarte suspends all mining activity in Pataz for 30 days after the murder of 13 workers
Measure directly affects the operations of the powerful mining company. President affirmed that all reinfined permits throughout the province will also be suspended
More than 24 hours after the discovery of lifeless bodies 13 miners in a sinkhole in Patazthe president On Biguarte He issued his first official pronouncement in this regard and announced that, as part of the actions to control the crime in the province, the suspension of mining activity throughout the area will proceed.
They suspend all mining activity in Pataz
The president also said that all mining activity will be suspended in Pataz for 30 days to facilitate the installation of the FF.AA., National Police. “During this period, the exclusion of all reinenfos in suspended condition is going to be excluded.”
Government will install a military base in Pataz
On Biguarte He informed that he will request legislative powers from Congress to legislate in urban terrorism. “It’s now when we must act.”
“We are demanding from Congress to give us the legal framework and call these acts as’ urban terrorism. The life of Peruvians cannot depend on these criminals,” he added.
Dina Boluarte declared curfew in Pataz after the massacre of 13 miners
The President of the Republic announced the measure after meeting with César Acuña and the mayor of the province captured by violence
President Dina Boluarte declared curfew in the province of Pataz in La Libertad. His decision is given to a day of having found the bodies of 13 miners, the same whose kidnapping had been denied last weekend by the president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrianzén.
Far from mea blame, On Biguarte He lashed back against the Public Ministry. “What do we stay?, In which the Executive with the Interior Ministry they take to the streets to want to place security, tranquility, peace. We capture criminals, we make them available to the Public Ministry and they release it.”
“Saying it with the corresponding letters is not to wash our hands, it is to show where the responsibility is. We are acting,” he added.
He also indicated that the Public Ministry and the Ministry of Interior Budget “that have never received before.”
The chairwoman He argued that “these acts of horror, from the Executive, we will not allow it and call on the Public Ministry.”
He mentioned that the offender ‘knife’ would be the leader of this massacre. This offender, he explained, was captured by the National Police and that it was the Public Ministry who released him later.
On Biguarte indicates that the Executive From the first moment “it was rumored that there were kidnapped people, we took due actions.”
“Our Premier will detail the monitoring of these actions, but I want to make it clear that the government from the first moment, even, before formally knowing the complaint of the disappearance of these people, we act.”
Dina Boluarte said that the Government will provide all psychological assistance to the social programs of the State to the relatives of the victims
On Biguarte He regrets the death of the 13 miners killed in Pataz and sends condolences to relatives of the relatives.
“I want to express my condolences to the relatives of the deceased in the Minera la Poderosa, in Pataz,” the president drew at the beginning of the press conference.
