According to the report, those arrested in the districts of Donoso and Omar Torrijos join 37 other people arrested for the same crime.
Officials seized two chainsaws, a motor pump, and a .22-caliber shotgun and took them for trial at the Environmental Crimes Prosecutor’s Office, the entity detailed.
The report indicated that the practices of this activity, without the corresponding mitigation measures, lead to the degradation of ecosystems, water pollution and cause forest loss.
According to Law 41 (General Environment Law), which has been in force in the isthmus since 1998, any natural or legal person who issues, pours, disposes or discharges materials or wastes that affect or may affect human health and puts the environment at risk. , will have objective liability for the damages it may cause.
Statistics from the National Environment, Rural and Tourism Police revealed that around 37 people have been arrested for illegal mining so far this year, most of the cases within the Chagres Nature Park, in Kowloon and surrounding areas.
At other points where violators of the rule were also arrested in Guna Yala district.
For his part, the Public Prosecutor of the Environment managed to judge eight Colombian nationals, arrested on June 4, for having evidence of illegal gold extraction in the Pito River, also in the territory of origin.
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