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Ecuador: woman sentenced to one year in prison for possession of a boa constrictor

In passing the verdict, the judge stressed that Ecuador is a country that has signed and acceded to international agreements to protect biodiversity and natural resources. | Font: Reference photo | AFP

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BUT citizen was sentenced to year in prison in Ecuador for possession boa constrictor constrictor, a species that is included in red list reptiles of Ecuador.

State Attorney General’s Office pointed out that this kind boa vulnerable due to danger of extinction in which it is located.

“The mere (fact) of its presence is already a crime. It is for this reason that the citizen Delis Jadira V.A. was sentenced to one year in prison,” he said.

prosecutor Oswaldo Carvajalfrom the Specialized Environment and Nature Crime Unit (Widman), presented to the Criminal Guarantees Judge – in direct hearing – testimony supporting his charge against Jadira Delisas the author of a crime against wild flora and fauna.

Pet?

Police Jefferson Bunchyfrom the Department of Environmental Protection, reported that they noticed the vehicle “in an unusual position” during a routine check they conducted with other agents on September 29 in the Kitumbe sector (south of Quito).

When they got to the car, they saw that there was a large cardboard box in the back seat.

When asked by the driver about his content, the woman replied that “her daughter’s trusted friend asked her to transport the pet to Quito for delivery.”

When they opened the box, they found another plastic container inside that held the wild species.

The animal will return to its natural environment after a court decision

In his testimony before judgeexpert Paul Picerno He argued that the “pet” that the defendant was transporting was a constrictor boa constrictor, a species in a vulnerable state and therefore protected.

For its part, the defendant noted that she was employed in city ​​of Latacunga leave a parcel Quito and that he did not know its contents but did not clearly specify who was sending the cardboard box and who would receive it, a contradiction that was taken into account by the court. magistrate deliver a guilty verdict.

The judge stressed that Ecuador It is a country that has signed and acceded to international agreements on the protection of biodiversity and natural resources.

By his decision, he imposed a fine of 1700 USD sentenced and ordered to return this species to its natural environment.

The defendant was convicted on the basis Comprehensive Criminal Organic Code (COIP)which punishes crimes against wild flora and fauna with imprisonment for a term of one to three years.

(As reported by EFE)


Source: RPP

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