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The Minor Sea as a ‘Victim’: First Trial in Which an Ecosystem Acts as a Particular Accusation with NIF and Even Bank Account

Summary by El Pais
The Provincial Court of Murcia plans to hold an unprecedented trial this Wednesday: for the first time, it has been allowed to appear as a particular accusation to a natural space, the Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe that has legal personality.

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The trial for dumping into the Mar Menor that will take place on May 20 in Cartagena has become one of the most important environmental processes related to the ecological crisis of the Murcian lagoon, after years of research on agricultural pollution and illegal desalination plants in the field of Cartagena. The ECOSARETE S.L. and DATELIO S.L. companies are accused of operating clandestine desalination facilities and carrying out continuous dis…

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The Provincial Court of Murcia plans to hold an unprecedented trial this Wednesday: for the first time, it has been allowed to appear as a particular accusation to a natural space, the Mar Menor, the first ecosystem in Europe that has legal personality.

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El Mar Menor will exercise its legal personality before a criminal court on Wednesday to demand justice for the illegal discharges that have damaged its waters for years. The Fifth Section of the Provincial Court of Murcia, based in Cartagena, has made it possible for this ecosystem to become the first ecosystem in Europe to appear before a criminal court exercising its own legal personality as a victim and a particular accusation. It is the fir…

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The salt lagoon will be the first ecosystem in Europe to appear before a court. The prosecution will ask a farmer for seven years in prison for an alleged environmental crime. Read

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Tomorrow the oral trial is held against two agricultural companies accused of crimes against the environment for continuous discharges of brine with high concentrations of nitrates to the Mar Menor. Tomorrow the oral hearing takes place against the companies ECOSARETE S.L. and DATELIO S.L., accused of crimes against the environment for continuous discharges of brine with high concentrations of nitrates to the Mar Menor, one of the most valuable …

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El Mundo broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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