Lima, May 4 (EFE) .- The National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy (SNMPE) of Peru sentenced this Sunday the “cruel murder” of 13 workers of the Powerful Gold mine, in the northern province of Pataz, allegedly committed by “illegal mining networks” that, according to society, have unleashed “a wave of terror.”
The SNMPE expressed its solidarity with the relatives of the victims of “this criminal assault promoted by the networks of illegal mining” and sued the authorities to identify their authors and to be sanctioned with all the weight of the law so that this massacre does not impunity.
In a press release, the company added that “the kidnapping and murder of these workers shows that illegal economies seek to intimidate Peruvian society and assault public and private property, as is the case of formal mining concessions and operations.”
The business union warned that, so far, the Government has not approved the plan to fight illegal mining and even less its budget.
The aggression also pointed out that it is not enough with declarations of emergency states, as applied in Pataz for more than a year, to deal with illegal activities, since “it has been demonstrated that it has no effective results.”
In this regard, the SNMPE remarked that it is important that the National Police develop intelligence work to dismantle illegal miners that are generating “the worst violence in the country for some decades.”
The company urged the Government and the Parliament to face illegal mining and end the continuous extensions of the Integral Mining Formalization Registry (Reinfo), which has served to “cover up” the illegal activities of illegal miners.
The powerful mining company, which explodes the attacked Peruvian gold deposit, confirmed on Sunday the murder of 13 workers who had been kidnapped a week ago.
In a statement, the extractor company regretted the death of the 13 people who were “cruelly murdered by criminals allied to illegal mining.”
The mining company complained that, in total, 39 miners and workers have been killed by the criminal gangs that have taken Pataz control, “turned into a territory without law, in which violence champion with impunity.”
In the same province of Pataz, an ambush of alleged illegal miners against workers of the Araracoto Mining Camp, on Saturday, left eight injured, including two police officers, who were evacuated by helicopter.
The National Police reported that the workers and agents were ambushed in their vehicles when they entered the Caravelí Minera processing plant, located in the town center of Jucusbamba, in the Tayabam district
In response, the Interior Ministry announced that the Police will send an elite team of the special group against organized crime to the area. EFE
