December 3, 2023 / 03:31 PM
Mons. Miguel Cabrejos, Archbishop of Trujillo and President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), demanded an exhaustive investigation and demanded justice following the tragic news of the murder of 10 miners in the north of the country on Saturday, December 2.
“With deep indignation I have received the tragic news of the murder of 10 workers of the Compañía Minera Poderosa SA, by alleged illegal miners, which occurred yesterday in the province of Pataz, La Libertad region,” he indicated in a statement released on December 3.
Last Saturday, according to reports Infobae, around 1:00 am (local time) 20 mining workers were kidnapped and taken to a sinkhole, where armed individuals threw dynamite at them. The result of the explosion was devastating, claiming the lives of 10 workers and leaving 13 others injured.