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The Specialized Environmental Prosecutors Office (FEMA) of Loreto - Iquitos Headquarters, led by provincial prosecutor Franco Gonzales Macedo, achieved the destruction of artisanal dredgers (boats that remove masses of earth in rivers), rafts equipped to extract gold, motor pumps and other implements used for illegal mining in the Nanay River basin.
The fiscal action also included the detonation of compressors, electric generators, diving suits, suction hoses, fuel, windlasses, screens and other equipment, in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 1100, which establishes protocols to fight against illegal mining throughout Peru.
Representatives from the Iquitos Port Captaincy, Sernanp, the Environmental Directorate (Dirmeamb) of the National Police, Digimon, the Peruvian Army and the Iquitos Customs Administration also participated in the procedure. The interventions were carried out in the sectors of Cocha Lobillo, Cocha Maquisapa and areas near the population centers of Alvarenga and Puca Urco.
The National Coordination of FEMA reaffirms its commitment to reinforce coordinated and comprehensive actions to combat environmental crimes and strengthen the protection of natural resources, especially in strategic areas such as the Nanay River basin, considered an important source of water supply for Loreto.
National Coordination of Specialized Prosecutors in Environmental Matters
