Two dead during eviction of illegal miners in northern Peru

). The newspaper reports some 500 miners armed with stones and explosives clashed with police in incidents at La Libertad, about 300 km south of the gold-rich Cajamarca region. Locals have been protesting for days against the government's decision to formalize all artisanal and small-scale miners by April 2014. Illegal gold production in the South American nation has increased fivefold in ...