Curfew in Peru province after 13 mine workers killed

A local prosecutor says there is a "war" raging in the area between illegal and legal gold miners.

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President Dina Boluarte also ordered that mining activities be suspended for a month while extra police and soldiers are deployed to the region.

The incident has shone a spotlight on the activities of criminal gangs in Pataz.

La Poderosa, the Peruvian company which owns the gold mine at which the men worked, said they had been kidnapped by "illegal miners colluding with criminals" on 26 April. Their bodies were found on Sunday.

President Boluarte said that the armed forces would take "full control of La Poderosa mining area".

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