Pataz, a province located in the La Libertad mountain range, about 12 hours by road from Trujillo, has become one of the main hotbeds of violence linked to illegal mining. Over the past three years, about 100 people have been killed in criminal acts, including 13 mining workers killed in May 2025.After that crime, the government expanded the state of emergency and created the Unified Pataz Command to regain control of the province.But has progre…
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Pataz, a province located in the La Libertad mountain range, about 12 hours by road from Trujillo, has become one of the main hotbeds of violence linked to illegal mining. Over the past three years, about 100 people have been killed in criminal acts, including 13 mining workers killed in May 2025.After that crime, the government expanded the state of emergency and created the Unified Pataz Command to regain control of the province.But has progre…