Los Cinco Miners received penalties of “between two years and seven months and one year and six months of deprivation of liberty.”
Miami, United States. – Five citizens of the Yateras municipality, in Guantanamothey were convicted of the crime of “soil pollution” and sanctioned to prison sentences by the popular municipal court, after the prosecution indicated them for devoting themselves to the illegal extraction of gold on the margins of the Toa River, within the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, according to the newspaper of the newspaper We will overcomewhich defined the process as an “exemplary judgment.”
According to that means, “in the oral and public view, the documentary, testimony and expert evidence that demonstrated the guilt of the defendants, who received in line with the severity of the transgression sanctions between two years and seven months and one year and six months of deprivation of liberty.”
The provincial media said that, “according to the Prosecutor’s Office, those incurred were dedicated to the illegal extraction of gold in stone La Vela, on the margins of the Toa River, intricate forest area belonging to the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, World Heritage Site.”
The local press organ added that the Court imposed accessory sanctions to the convicted: “SSE applied the confiscation of the instruments used in criminal activity, the deprivation of public rights, and the prohibition of application for passport and exit of the national territory during the fulfillment of their conviction.”
The news It was replicated Also for the Facebook profile Guantanamo and its truthwhich has been attributed to state security. Since the beginning of last July, the same profile has published about the arrest of individuals who were dedicated to extracting gold from the margins of the local rivers.
Although Guantanamo and its truth did not relate both cases, it seems to be the same reported on July 4.
On that date, the profile reported that the Interior Ministry had arrested 11 people “who were surprised by extracting gold on the banks of the Toa River and tributaries that flow into the Sabanalamar River in the municipalities of Yateras and San Antonio del Sur, respectively.”
“During the operation,” continues the official report, “rudimentary and small particles of the mineral were seized, and five of the detainees face charges for soil contamination, damage that affects everyone without exception.”
Precisely, this Wednesday We will overcome He reported the conviction to five people for the crime of “soil pollution”, suggesting that it is the same operation.
A week later, on July 11, the same profile He referred to another operation In the municipality of Imías: “They face furtive mining activities, despite recent warnings. In another joint operation carried out by forces of the Ministry of Interior, CITMA specialists and other organizations, 10 citizens were surprised on the banks of the El Plátano River, in the Los Cálderos Popular Council, Municipality Imías”.
According to this communication, “due to multireincididad in this illegal practice, one of those involved faces a criminal process, while the rest was warned.” The post added that “the detainees, residents in the municipalities of Maisí and Baracoa, remained for several days in the place performing the search for gold particles in temporary facilities.”
On July 19, the same Facebook account kept the warning tone in front of incursions of people from other provinces: “Miners’ spontaneous of Santiago and Mayabeque try furtive adventures in Imías and San Antonio del Sur”.
According to that publication, “in combined operations, police forces detected several ‘tourists’ armed with tools for illegal gold extraction, which were kindly invited to return to their warm provincial homes.”
“So, if you still imagine that you can undermine gold legally in Guantanam Influencers of YouTube that seek to monetize with recommendations of more clandestine activities than the gold they intend to draw, ”added the note with irony.
