A total of eight people They were arrested in Pitiquito, Sonorafor operating a clandestine gold mine that also caused environmental effects.
The events occurred on the outskirts of the urban area, in an area known as “La Ciénega”, where federal and state elements achieved the assurance of heavy machinery, extraction devices and various signs.
According to information from the Ministry of Public Security (SSP), through a coordinated intelligence action and after several months of work, the minewhich did not have the permits required for its exploitation.
“The unregulated exploitation affected the local ecosystemincluding cutting down trees and habitat alteration of local species,” the agency detailed.
Authorities of the three levels of government established an operational base in the region to reinforce the police presence.
The detainees and the seized material were made available to the Public Ministry of the FGR for pertinent actions.
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