Postponed the Historical Trial of the Mar Menor Due to the Absence of a Key Expert
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The historic trial in which for the first time the Mar Menor will arrive on the bench as a victim and accusation, exercising its legal personality, will have to wait. The hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, in Cartagena, has been suspended and postponed due to the absence of a key expert in the investigation on the alleged dumping into the salt lagoon.
Published on: 19.05.2026 21:50Author: Ulrike PrinzThe Spanish saltwater lagoon Mar Menor is the first European ecosystem with human rights. In the process against agricultural companies, it itself acts as a damaged party and could thus fundamentally change European environmental law.
Murcia.- El Mar Menor will intervene at the same time as an accusation and victim in the trial that will take place this Wednesday in the Audiencia de Murcia, based in Cartagena, against the administrator of two companies that are charged with a crime against the environment for the alleged polluting discharges made to the lagoon. The particular accusation in defense of this natural space will be exercised by five environmental organizations tha…
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