Civil Protection seeks to sanction forest fires

The National Coordinator of Civil Protection, Laura Velázquez Alzúa, announced that the possibility of increasing sanctions against those responsible for causing forest fires in the Mexican Republic is being analyzed. We have 33 active forest fires, one thousand 513 people fighting these fires of different instances, and there is an approximate of 4 thousand 278 hectares affected, highlighting that there are 10 helicopters used to quell the fire, “said the agency. This week, the agency of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) reported that, in total, there were 33 active forest fires throughout the national territory, affecting around 4,200 hectares in different states. Read more: FGR attracts inquiries into the forest fire in Tepoztlán, Morelos “There is a legal area where civil protection specialists are developing a proposal to increase these sanctions,” said the official. From the 24th Military Zone, located in the capital of the state of Morelos, Velázquez Alzúa described as serious what happened in the incident presented during the early morning of Tuesday, March 22 on the hill of Tepozteco.The above when pointing out that many of these types of fire are caused by humans, either consciously or accidentally. However, he stressed, all these accidents lack respect for human life and fauna. Given this, the head of National Civil Protection explained that she is preparing a general proposal to admonish, at the federal level, those who are responsible for forest fires.” We are making a general proposal for them to tell us what is the best way, we want to do it in an orderly way and hand in hand with the states so that the proposal is really assertive, “he explained. The public servant stressed that the objective pursued with the proposal is to “clarify” the sanctions to which creditors will be those who cause forest fires in Mexican territory, since the current law prevents such action from being punished. Read more: What’s next! Military engineers who built the IAFA now go to the Mayan TrainOn Wednesday, March 23, the municipal authorities of Tepoztlán announced that the alleged person responsible for the accident had been arrested and made available to the competent agency. On his way to Sinaloa, ferry catches fire in Baja California

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