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First Conviction for Environmental Crimes in Chile: Businessman Avoids Jail and Will Pay 30 Thousand UTM

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A businessman was sentenced to , after becoming the first sentenced in Chile under the new Law on Economic and Environmental Crimes. It is Cristian Zaro, who faced an oral trial for the effects caused to a wetland and the cutting of trees in a property located in the commune of Mariquina, region ... Continue reading "First sentence for environmental crimes in Chile: entrepreneur avoids jail and will pay 30 thousand UTM"

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A businessman was sentenced to , after becoming the first sentenced in Chile under the new Law on Economic and Environmental Crimes. It is Cristian Zaro, who faced an oral trial for the effects caused to a wetland and the cutting of trees in a property located in the commune of Mariquina, region ... Continue reading "First sentence for environmental crimes in Chile: entrepreneur avoids jail and will pay 30 thousand UTM"

·Concepción, Chile
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The Citizen An entrepreneur who destroyed a wetland in the Province of Valdivia, Los Ríos Region to sell plots, will avoid jail after receiving probation and a millionaire fine, This is Cristian Esteban Zaro Ponce, who was convicted by the Criminal Court of Oral Trial of Valdivia as the perpetrator of the consummate crimes of environmental pollution with serious and unauthorized logging of native species. According to the ruling, the illegals we…

"In a country that suffers with episodes of intense rains and floods, losing wetlands is losing one of our best defenses against climate change. That justice has recognized it as a legal good worthy of criminal protection is a lesson for everyone: the value of nature depends not only on its scenic beauty, but on the ecosystem services it provides. A fine of the applied magnitude changes the economic equation of who calculates that filling a wetl…

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BioBioChile broke the news in Concepción, Chile on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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