‘Scratch the earth, there’s gold!’: small miners, big firms and armed gangs fight over Peru’s mineral wealth

theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/29/gold-peru-small-miners-big-mining-firms-armed-gangs-mineral-wealth

As the price of the precious metal soars to record levels, underground gunfights have erupted in the Andean region of Pataz as the mines’ riches draw in brutal crime cartels
Deep in the mountains of northern Peru, a bloody war is being fought over gold. As its international price sets…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-05-29 09:00:23.
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