The Public Ministry appointed this Friday the 23rd National Prosecutor for Economic Crimes to investigate and apply the corresponding sanctions against agricultural producers who, unscrupulously, have discarded a large amount of food.
This was announced by the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, who indicated through the social network Twitter that these actions seek to create anxiety in the population.
“The Public Ministry appoints the 23rd National Prosecutor for Economic Crimes to investigate and punish irregular acts related to a group of people who destroy large amounts of food trying to cause anxiety in the population and threaten the agri-food security of the people,” he wrote in the message. .
In recent days, videos have been broadcast on social networks where people are seen throwing bananas and tomatoes into the rivers, among other products, because they supposedly cannot distribute them in the markets.
Justice for the Gol puppy
Animal defenders will hold a rally in Plaza La Candelaria to repudiate violence and animal abuse, after the event that occurred against the puppy Gol, who was cruelly murdered by two parking lot guards where he lived in La Candelaria, for no reason, subjected him to a very painful and torturous death.
Through his Twitter account, the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, reported that both subjects had been charged. However, there are still no criminal actions against criminal mistreatment in the current legislation.
The Law for the Protection of Domestic Fauna Free and in Captivity, published in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela No. 39,338 dated January 4, 2010 and for these cases only establishes pecuniary sanctions.
Article 73. determines that “very serious infractions will carry fines ranging from seventy-one tax units (71 UT) to one hundred tax units (100 UT)” and in its first numeral, it mentions “the mistreatment of animals that causes the death”.
