RE:RE:Aris reports about Soto Norte project... ! There is a lot going on there that is slowing the process.
https://www.procuraduria.gov.co/Pages/presunta-omision-funciones-para-evitar-mineria-ilegal-procuraduria-formulo-cargos-a-alcaldesa-california-santander.aspx
Bogota, DC, August 24, 2023 (@PGN_COL). The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation formulated acharge sheet against the mayor of California, Santander, Genny Gamboa Guerrero,for her alleged unjustified omission of actions aimed atpreventing, combating and avoiding illegal mining practices, which, apparently, produced the Mercury contamination of the La Baja stream.
The Public Ministry maintained thatthe official had not carried out functional, suitable, effective and sufficient actions, a situation that caused the waters of the tributary to reach the Surat river, thereby creating aserious risk and deterioration of both the environment and the human health ofthose who are supplied with this water resource.
Similarly, the entity argued thatthe local president possibly did not meet the requirements of the Regional Autonomous Corporation for the Defense of the Bucaramanga Plateau, CDMB, which at the time reported the situation that was arising due to extractive activity, thereby that he could incur a disciplinary offense by breaking the principles of morality, efficiency and responsibility.
The control bodyissued a second charge to Gamboa Guerrerofor the alleged commission of irregularities in the process of participatory consultation for the delimitation of the Pramo de Santurbn.
The control entity indicated that apparently the mayorfailed in her duty and what was orderedby the high court, which ordered her to participate in her capacity as overseer and guarantor in the agreements and calls for the delimitation of the Pramo in the Santurbn - Berlin jurisdictions , within the framework of a prior, extensive, participatory, effective and deliberative procedure, the aforementioned activity.
Apparently,the person subject to discipline did not attend several sessions convened by the Ministry of Environmentand Sustainable Development, breached commitments that were agreed upon, and neglected the requirements made by the authority related to the processing of the Pramo delimitation procedure, with which she couldomit compliance with the duties of morality, efficiency, responsibility and coordination.
Finally, the Prosecutor's Office provisionally classified the alleged actions of the server as avery serious misconduct by way of very serious negligence in the case of the charge inherent toillegal mining and water sources in California, and as a serious misconduct by way of fraud in the matter of the Pramo de Santurbn.