Bodies of 13 workers kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine are found

In a gold mine in Peru, 13 miners were found dead, who had been kidnapped a week earlier, the BBC reported today.

The murder of 13 workers in the Powerful gold mine, located in Pataz province, in northern Peru, unleashed a climate of terror, attributed to the alleged perpetrators who would belong to networks of illegal mining. READ ALSO: Lake Titicaca in Peru is declared a subject of law The miners had been kidnapped by the criminal organization a week earlier, and their death was confirmed this Sunday. With this, 39 deaths linked to this type of organized …

Peru: 13 workers abducted from gold mine found dead

The gold mine, La Poderosa, said that a search-and-rescue team recovered the staff members' remains in the mine on Sunday. The company blamed their abduction on informal miners allegedly linked to criminal gangs that ambushed the gold mine on April 26

Thirty men were found dead in a mine in Peru, after being kidnapped only a few days ago. This man worked at a gold mine owned by a Peruvian company, with the headquarters in Pataz Province, north of the capital Lima, announced BBC.

Peru: 13 abducted people found dead in gold mine

Authorities said the victims were security guards and miners. The region the mine is located in is under a state of emergency due to ongoing instability.

According to the authorities in Peru, the country's gold rush has led to increasing crime in several provinces.