This Sunday, May 4, 13 miners from the Poderosa gold mine were found dead in northern Peru after being kidnapped.
The victims were allegedly executed by hitmen in a shaft in the mine, local media reported, citing government sources and family members.
“They already confirmed that they would bring them. They told us that they had found the bodies and that they would bring them. All the family members are here, waiting for the bodies,” the father of one of the victims told Canal N.
The bodies were found to have gunshot wounds to the head and neck, as well as ligature marks. They are currently being rescued by Peruvian National Police officers.
Relatives of the missing workers who reported them in the province of Pataz, where a state of emergency was declared a week ago due to violence linked to illegal mining activities, confirmed to América Televisión that the victims worked as security personnel at the Poderosa mine.
Mining company Poderosa reported last Friday that a group of illegal miners working with criminal gangs kidnapped 13 workers who provided services to a miner who had an operating agreement with the company.
The mining company expressed its deep concern about the incident and its solidarity with the victimized families. Stating that violence in the region continues to increase and puts workers in the region at risk, Çavuşoğlu noted the following
