Members of the National Service of Environmental protection (Senpa), who seized a truck and they carried as arrested to its owner for alleged illegal sand extraction in the province of San Cristóbal, were violently intercepted by a group of men who tried to recover the vehicle.
The people, who were defined by local San Cristobal media as part of the members of a union of truckersthey took advantage of the fact that the vehicle was traveling at low speed and boarded it, got off the driver and the person accompanying him and then got on the truck underway, as seen in a video.
Meanwhile, on the road, one of the men who assaulted the vehicle took out a gun and pointed at one of the uniformedwho responded in the same way. The man was later calmed down by another man who was next to him and made him lower the firearm.
The agents They managed to control the situationbecause they were escorted by others who were traveling in an institution van and offered help to the soldier who had direct custody of the vehicle full of sand. A shot was heard at the scene.
He Senpa It is a specialized body of Ministry of Defense and auxiliary to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, as well as the Specialized Attorney for the Defense of the Environment.
