Two men are captured when they set fire to a forest to hide the excessive logging – Publinews – 2024-02-26 07:43:18

“In the towns this is how corn is planted, they are farmers in need, it is better to put the corrupt people in Congress and those in the sugar mills in prison,†said residents upset by the arrest.

This Sunday, the National Civil Police (PNC) reported that after receiving several complaints about a fire in the mountains of Zunil, Quetzaltenango, Diprona police went to the place and located two men burning a forest. They identified them as Gilberto “N†, 62 years old, and Juan “N†, 45.

“They were surprised when they burned forested areas in order to hide the immoderate logging they carried out. A chainsaw and 60 meters of firewood were seized from them,” the PNC reported.

In addition, he assured that he is investigating these people to determine their possible responsibility in other forest fires and forest depredation in Zunil, Quetzaltenango, since other cases of illegal felling of trees for the change of use of trees have been reported by residents. floor.

“It is out of necessity that they do this work, they work on their own land, if he were a conquistador they will never blame him, here in Alta Verapaz the Spanish businessmen are destroying hectares of trees and destroying rivers, they do it to possess other people’s land, they do not do it because of poverty, and no one says anything, nor do the police come to capture them, the law in Guatemala is upside down. I hope for your quick freedom, gentlemen, we all need to eat, and if we don’t work, we won’t eat anything, we have families to support. “I, as an investigator, know that an investigation into said accusation is needed to be able to legally prosecute, as the law in Guatemala says,” stated an upset user.