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Authorities dismantle illegal dam on the Yabija River

From Diario Libre · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Dominican authorities dismantled an illegal dam on the Yabija River in Duarte province and restored the waterway's free flow.
  • The operation followed a ruling ordering the demolition and removal of structures built in the riverbed.
  • The Environment Ministry carried out the intervention with environmental protection officials and prosecutors.

The illegal dam built in the Yabija River in Duarte province has been dismantled, and the waterway's free flow has been restored, the Dominican Republic's Environment Ministry said Friday.

The ministry said the operation complied with a ruling from the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in the Duarte Judicial District. The decision ordered the demolition and removal of structures built in the riverbed.

The intervention was carried out by the Environment Ministry with support from the National Environmental Protection Service, known as Senpa. Authorities coordinated the operation with the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of the Environment and Natural Resources.

The ministry said ruling 136-2023-SSEN-00010 resulted from a legal process driven by the specialized environmental prosecutor's office.

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Originally published by Diario Libre in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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