Lima, May 16, 2025 (AFP) - Suspect in Peru mine massacre arrested in Colombia

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2025-05-16

Colombian police on Thursday arrested the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 employees of a gold mine in the north of neighboring Peru, the government in Lima said. The burnt bodies of the 13 kidnapping victims were recovered on May 4 in a tunnel at a mine in Pataz district, where a gold rush has led to a surge in violence. Writing on X, Peru's interior ministry said the suspect, Miguel Rodriguez Diaz, alias "Cuchillo" (Knife), was a......

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