The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district.

Miguel Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, whose alias is "Cuchillo" (knife), was arrested in the city of Medellin in a joint operation ...

Writing on X, Peru's interior ministry said the suspect, Miguel Rodriguez Diaz, alias "Cuchillo" (Knife), was arrested in a ...

A suspect in the murder of 13 miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia. Miguel Rodriguez, known as 'Cuchillo,' was caught ...

Peru's interior ministry said on Thursday that a suspect in the killing of 13 miners in the northern district of Pataz has ...

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Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of ...