16 people arrested for alleged connection to fires in Caracas and Miranda

Published at: 09/04/2024 09:13 PM

The Deputy Minister for Risk Management and Civil Protection, MG. Carlos Pérez Am, indicated that 16 people were arrested, allegedly immersed in the recent forest fires that occurred in the Capital District and in the state of Miranda.

“We already have 16 people arrested; all of them have open sanctioning and administrative procedures in accordance with the Environmental Criminal Law, who allegedly violated article 65 of this regulation, which establishes sanctions for all those people who in any unscrupulous way carry out fires in jungles, vegetation, savannas, etc.,” said Pérez Am.

He added that the vegetation accidents that affected the environment in Petare in the Sucre municipality of Miranda state, in the La Bandera sector and in the Leonardo Ruíz Pineda Park in Caracas and in the Waraira Repano National Park or occurred simultaneously, which opens up the hypothesis that these incidents were caused, so the 16 people involved were arrested.

“Without a doubt, this is no accident, it seems that they are surgical fires, unscrupulous hands attacking directly and that they are in agreement to affect the country and the environment,” he said.

In the same way, the Deputy Minister for Risk Management and Civil Protection, assured that all forest fires that occurred both in the Capital District and in the state of Miranda are controlled, while noting that four fires are being fought that are active in the state of Carabobo.

Mazo News Team