LIMA, Jan 1 (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and seven more were missing after a New Year’s Eve attack on informal miners in northern Peru, a local mayor said on Thursday, the latest of a series of attacks on small-scale gold miners in the Andean nation.
The attack took place in a town in the northern region of La Libertad, Pataz Mayor Aldo Marino told local TV. Police reported 13 miners killed in the same district in May last year as criminal gangs sought to grow their control in the area.
(Reporting by Marco AquinoEditing by Ros Russell)
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