He Tribunal Oral Federal from Paraná had the dates for the start of the trial for the fires in the Paraná Delta in 2022which affected thousands of hectares of land. For the facts, they will be judged Three beekeepers for the crime of gross ….
J.A.M., O.A.M. y M.R.M. They are accused of having caused the fires that destroyed approximately six thousand hectares in an area of high environmental value, in the months of August and September. They had been captured by police personnel, when they tried to burn dry vegetation in an area of the Delta Islands.
The audiences will be held in the city of Victoria on May 29 and 30 and June 12 and 13. According to the portal A of Entre Ríos, the tests include videos that illustrate the magnitude of the environmental damage and the spread of the ashes until Rosario and Buenos Aires.
The SantaFecina city was seriously affected by this situation, even the provincial Health portfolio warned the inhabitants Keep the doors and windows closed, resume the habit of placing Barbijo and avoiding physical activities outdoors. In turn, the Secretary of Health had requested that all possible activities be postponed. To peel the smoke entry into their homes, the Rosario covered the doors with towels and did not go out. Meanwhile, the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM) of the National University of Rosario (UNR)He said it was “one of the worst ecological disasters.”
For the scheduled day for the end of the month, the presence of 15 witnesses is expected, including specialists in the Environment of the National University of Rosario (UNR), as part of the testimonies.
This trial is the second of its kind, after a process carried out in November 2023, in which Two people were convicted for provoking fires in the same region. However, the current case has a greater size, since the burned surface was even greater.
During 2022, the burned surface represented a 62% of the total registered in the countryaccording to a follow -up by the National fire Management Service (SNMF). Most occurred in Entre Ríos, but also on the provincial border with Santa Fe and an area of the north of the province of Buenos Aires.
The same agency reported on that occasion that in Buenos Aires The fire spotes were given in the departments of Zárate and Baradero; and on the side of Entre Ríos, In Ranchada, Laguna Vásquez, Barrancoso, Las Vueltas (Victoria) and the painting, Ybicuy, False Alsina, Islands, Dormilón (Gualeguay).
They also reported that they had to combat the flames in the areas of Laguna Chata (Victoria) and Charly 2 (Gualeguay) and Islands La Lechiguana 1 (Gualeguay). The operation had More than 100 brigadistas10 aircraft, 3 hydrants, 5 helicopters for personnel deployment and a helicopter from Buenos Aires. In addition, the Ministry of Environment installed a monitoring system that allowed to detect if a new focus intentionally began.
“The extreme drought already has been three consecutive years (2020, 2021 and 2022) with increasing record Infobae
For its part, the president of Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers, Enrique Viale, He mentioned to this medium that it was “a combo of several factors. The main is the practice that the agribusiness does to expand the agricultural offer. They burn wetlands, kill the fauna of the area, everything, and thus grow pastures that destroy the wetland and allow to expand the field of action for agriculture”.
