Peru's President Dina Boluarte suspended gold mining and announced a 12-hour curfew in Pataz in the northern region after criminals kidnapped and killed 13 gold miners.

La Poderosa, a Peruvian gold mining company, said Sunday that the bodies of 13 contract workers from a local company were found in one of the mine tunnels.

"The armed forces will control areas operated by La Poderosa" but did not provide more details on how to implement the 30-day mining pause, Borurt told reporters on Monday.

Critics say Tandy and the invalid government response is amid anger at the 13 men who murdered 13 men who were captured for more than a week were believed to be involved in illegal mining. Police said the hostages were tortured, and videotapes allegedly recorded by the kidnapper themselves showed miners shooting at close range.

Illegal gold mining soared in Peru, the largest producer of precious metals in Latin America, just as international prices once again reached around $3,500 per ounce. Meanwhile, the wave of crime has swept the country with an unprecedented rise of balls and killing employees. In 2024, the murder rate increased record-breaking murder rates - homicides increased by 35.9%, while in 2023 it increased by 35.9%.

"Illegal mining is the most profitable criminal activity in the country," said environmental lawyer César Ipenza. According to the country's financial intelligence department, illegal gold mining accounts for 60% of total money-laundering assets between January 2014 and October 2024, accounting for US$9 billion in revenue, which dwarfs the secondary large sources of money-laundering assets.

Since the pandemic on the 19th, it has been limited to illegal mining in certain illegal mining industries. The mine has been in a state of emergency for more than two years in a golden affluent area of ​​the Lalivitad region due to ongoing violence and unrest.

The massacre brought the number of hand-made miners and workers killed in Pataz criminal gangs, La Poderosa Mining confirmed in a statement.

The statement added: “Despite the declaration of a state of emergency and the presence of large police contingents, uncontrolled violence by Patz is still taking place.

Last December, thousands of gold miners camped in downtown Lima and blocked major highways to insist that the government maintain an informal and illegal miner registration agency known as Reinfo to protect them from prosecution.