Environmental Officer Arrested for Deforestation in Protected Areas in Colombia · Global Voices

Bogotá, 1 Apr (EFE).- The Colombian Police has arrested an official of an environmental authority and three other individuals, members of an illegal network dedicated to the exploitation of forest resources in a protected area of the department of Guaviare (south), the Prosecutor’s Office has reported. According to the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office, the authorities have arrested Carlos Quintero, an official of the Corporation for Sustaina…