At the end of 2021, José Javier AC, was denounced for carrying out earthworks and extraction of petro materials (white earth of volcanic origin). in a place considered as a “Conserved Zone” in the Rendering Plans.
This activity was carried out without having environmental permits or environmental impact studies, which affected the vegetation in the area, the soil and a small tributary that adjoins the property.
The affected property, which is owned by the defendant, is located in the Concepción farmhouse, next to the Vito Guaratto Disabled Children’s Home Foundation, kilometer 8 and a half of the highway to Los Planes de Renderos.
The investigation began as a result of a complaint and with a subsequent visual inspection carried out by agents of the Environment Division of the National Civil Police (PNC), which found that backhoes and dump trucks were leaving the property with white soil. heading to Nuevo Cuscatlan. The concern of the neighbors, according to the complaint, is that on one side passes a ravine that was affected by erosion.
In this case, the 2nd Investigating Court of San Salvador, in a preliminary hearing, decided at the request of the parties to apply a conditional suspension of the procedure, for the crime of breaching security rules; that is, the defendant must compensate the damages caused in a period of one year and for this purpose will carry out mitigation and repair works on the affected land, slope stabilization.
