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The Specialized Environmental Prosecutors Office of Loreto-Nauta Headquarters achieved the destruction of a dredge pond, as well as chemical inputs (mercury) and other materials used for illegal mining activities in the El Tigre River, in the vicinity of said area in the aforementioned department.
The diligence, led by provincial deputy prosecutor Lis Corina Zarate Nieto on December 18 and 19, also included the detonation of items such as pipes, an engine, a cylinder, carpet and other implements that are part of machinery for the illicit extraction of minerals.
In addition, four people of Colombian nationality and another of Peruvian nationality who were spending the night near the area where the elements that were later detonated in application of Legislative Decree No. 1100 were found were arrested in flagrante delicto.
It should be noted that this intervention was carried out with the support of members of the National Police of Peru (Deconcentrated Environmental Protection Unit - Loreto) and representatives of the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp).
Through these actions, the Specialized Environmental Prosecutors Offices reaffirm the institutional commitment to the defense of the environment and the protection of the El Tigre River, a vital source for Amazonian communities.
National Coordination of Specialized Prosecutors in Environmental Matters
