ANH denounces attack against its staff in Guanay and announces criminal proceedings

LThe National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported that its staff, which carried out controls in the municipality of Guanay, department of La Paz, was attacked by a group of people and announced that he will file criminal proceedings against the perpetrators of the crime.

“ANH personnel have been attacked, including attempts on their lives, when a control operation was being carried out at service stations (…) and we We are already generating a criminal complaint against the authors of this fact,” he said German Jimenezexecutive director of the ANH.

Jiménez said the attack occurred after ANH officials found a tanker diverting fuel to other containers.

The director of the ANH presumed that the fuel “was being trafficked for illegal mining“and demanded that the Public Prosecutor’s Office undertake a serious investigation against the aggressors.

“We already have the identified names of the people who were(…) We have the images, and you can see that when one of the officials was leaving, she was even followed by vans. But we will continue in the fight against smuggling,” he said.