translated from Spanish: Two men convicted for crimes against the environment in Puebla

Mexico.-the Attorney Federal protection to the environment (PROFEPA) advises adjuvant and collective victim representative of the Public Ministry of the Federation, which a judge of district specializing in the accusatory Penal System in the State of Puebla, sentenced – abbreviated procedure and conditional suspension, respectively – two people for his responsibility in the Commission of crimes against the Ambiente.Una, was sentenced to prison, fine, repair the damage and the suspension of civil and political rights; her accomplice, condemned to plant 8,000 trees and follow-up of life, during one year and two months, in the, municipality of Lafragua González Ortega, Puebla, where they were arrested.
Personal acting of PROFEPA in the delegation of Puebla, in coordination with the Federal Police, during an operation carried out in late March of 2018, stopped and put at the disposal of the public prosecutor’s Office to Omar N. and N. Villulfo, who do not they credited the legal origin of 76 parts of roundwood, equivalent to almost 20 cubic meters.

To have participation in the transport and collection of forest raw materials in one quantity exceeding four cubic meters, considered a crime against the environment, planned and sanctioned in Article 419 of the criminal code, were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General of the Republica.en hearing held within the shortened procedure defendants one accepted his authorship in the execution of the offence concerned, so the judge of district specializing in the accusatory Penal system you penalty imposed private freedom of eight months, fine for the equivalent of 200 units of measure and update and ordered the repair of the damage. It was also, suspended their civil and political rights until it meets the judgement; In addition, it will be considered as criminal background.
Two people convicted. Photo: The judicial discussion you gave the benefit of the substitution of the imposed sanctions demanding the sentenced the reparation of the damage; which consists in supporting team work to monitoring committees, to carry out actions of prevention of illicit environmental. With regard to second of the defendant who acknowledged being part of the material responsibility in the facts, judge of district specializing in the accusatory Penal System, authorized the conditional suspension of the procedure; and designated as damage repair reforestation actions: must plant eight thousand seedlings (young plant, soon sprout seed), of the genus Pinus sp, during the rainy season and to ensure their survival. Complete the term of a year and two months, the sentenced shall inform the PROFEPA for total compliance to be verified and, subsequently, its opinion before the judge of district and establish whether it is considered repaired the damage.  The 419 article of the Federal Penal Code establishes that to who illegally transport, trade, stockpiles, store or transform wood on roll, chips, charcoal, as well as any other timber forest resources or land from forest soils in amounts exceeding four cubic metres or, where appropriate, the equivalent in sawn timber, you will be assessed: penalty of one to nine years in prison and three hundred to three thousand days fine, so it is important that the activities related to these natural resources , is carried out in strict to pego to the established in the General Law of development forestry Sustentable.Con actions such as these, PROFEPA verifies compliance with environmental obligations of the forestry, with the purpose of protect the natural resources in the State.
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