The administrator of a ranch in Canindeyú was charged with violating the tree felling law. The Prosecutor’s Office requests preventive detention.
Armando Rodriguez Arias he is deprived of his liberty and at the disposal of the Court of Guarantees, that received the request to decree preventive detention for the defendant.
Rodríguez is accused of violating Law 716/96 regarding felling trees, classified as a crime. The investigation is in charge of the prosecutor Víctor Adolfo Santander.
The records indicate that the incident occurred on October 19 in the Nueva Durango neighborhood of Maracaná, Department of Canindeyú, where Rodríguez, in his position as administrator, ordered three employees to cut down trees of native species in a wooded area of the property belonging to Víctor Arza.
Part of the affected area. Photo: MP
Agents from sub-station 36 received the complaint by phone and verified the felling from a drone, which it allowed them to see machinery felling trees.
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The interveners entered the property, but the employees fled aboard a motorcycle. Later Rodríguez appeared, who questioned the appearance of the uniformed men and after a struggle he was arrested.
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