Millionaire reward offered to find out who originated the fire in Los Alerces National Park

A millionaire reward was offered by the government to obtain information on who originated the fire in Los Alerces National Park, located in Chubut and which lost about 6,000 hectares to the flames. The figure proposed by the Ministry of Security is 5 million pesos: this was established in Resolution 54/2024, published this Friday in the Bulletin Oficial.La initiative arose at the request of the federal judge of Esquel, Guido Otranto, who is carrying out the file in which the environmental disaster in the protected area is investigated. The magistrate asked the ministry in charge of Patricia Bullrich to “offer a reward for those people who, without having intervened in the criminal acts, provide useful information that allows the arrest of the author or authors of the arson in the town of Lucas Rosales-Arroyo Centinela, located within the Los Alerces National Park.” The igneous focus originated on January 25, around 10:30 p.m.So far, the flames have consumed some 5,971 hectares of native forest and diverse vegetation, which “caused incalculable damage to the environment in the affected areas as well as enormous economic damage to the people who live and work in those places,” Those who have useful information for the cause can contact the National Rewards Program by phone by calling the toll-free number 134.

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