LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off a temporary program that allowed them to continue operations, the minister of energy and mines said on Friday. Only 31,560 ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most ...

Laws passed by Peru’s Congress have undermined the independence and capacity of judges and prosecutors to fight organized crime. Homicides, extortion, and illegal mining have exponentially grown in ...

(CNN) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signed into law Wednesday a bill granting amnesty to police officers, military personnel and members of civilian self-defense committees who took part in ...

Peru cuts over 50,500 miners from formalization program Government vows crackdown on illegal mining Small-scale miners threaten to escalate protests LIMA, July 4 (Reuters) - Peru's government has ...