Federal Courts Are Investigating the Planned Fuel Plant Off Colón: Prosecutor Minatta Does Not Rule Out Charges Against the Company and Argentine Officials.

Federal Prosecutor Josefina Minatta, based in Concepción del Uruguay and with jurisdiction over Colón, initiated a preliminary investigation into the possibility of installing a fuel plant in the Uruguayan city of Paysandú, on the coast of the Uruguay River, across from the town of Entre Ríos. Although the project has not yet been formally presented to the regulatory agencies of the neighboring country, the prosecutor decided to act preemptively…