Peru suspends gold mining in north after massacre

Mining in Pataz in Peru's north will be suspended for 30 days, the country's President Dina Boluarte said on Monday. She made the announcement after the bodies of 13 security guards working at a gold mine were found by police in a mine tunnel on Sunday. 

The workers had been held captive for more than a week after being kidnapped. Peru's government also plans to impose an overnight curfew and set up a military base in Pataz, located around 560 miles from the capital Lima. The 13 people found dead on Sunday were employees of a subcontractor of mining company Ponderosa, one of Peru's top gold producers.