Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were killed after a kidnapping inside a gold mine.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 policein 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 a night curfew and set up a military base in Pataz, located around 560 miles (900 kilometers) from the capital Lima. The 13 people found dead on Sunday were employees of a subcontractor of Peruvian gold mining company C. "The armed forces will take control of the area where Poderosa operates," Boluarte said. "We all know that illegal activity in our mining sector generates millions and millions, much more than drug trafficking." She didn't provide details on how the mining pause would work. Poderosa says that 39 of its workers, including contractors and artisanal miners, have been killed recently in Pataz at the hands of criminal gangs believed to be linked to illegal mining. Poderosa told the Reuters news agency that the mining suspension only applied to informal miners. Peru's mining and energy minister, Jorge Montoro, said the 30-day pause could be extended. Edited by: John Silk