📋 Tender Overview
It was also possible to detonate 110 camps with signs of illicit mineral extraction.The Specialized Environmental Prosecutors Offices of Lambayeque and Cajamarca achieved the destruction of 157 mine openings, 110 camps, as well as machines, supplies and materials accumulated for illegal mining activities in the district of Sorochuco, province of Celendin, as well as the district of Chetilla, in Cajamarca.
The diligence led by provincial deputy prosecutors Jose Cruzado Zavaleta and Lourdes Ayay Suarez, was carried out within the framework of a mega-operation carried out from October 20 to 24 with the participation of the Directorates of the Environment (Dirmeamb), Special Operations (Dinoes) and Against Illegal Mining (Divcomin) of the National Police, as well as the Regional Directorate of Energy and Mines of Cajamarca.
During the development of the intervention, electrical cables, mining cars, flashlights, pressure hoses, fuel, pulleys, generator sets, among other supplies for the illegal extraction of minerals in the intervened area, were also detonated.
The joint work also allowed the application of Legislative Decree No. 1100, which establishes the prohibition of the use of heavy machinery in illegal mining activities in non-permitted areas, enabling their destruction.
Through these actions and coordinated between the Specialized Environmental Prosecutors Offices of Cajamarca and Lambayeque, together with law enforcement, the States commitment to advancing against illegal mining that depredates the countrys natural resources and seeks to ensure the future of the communities in the area is demonstrated.
National Coordination of Specialized Prosecutors in Environmental Matters
