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SANTO DOMINGO. - The Office of the Environment Prosecutor yesterday filed charges against the mayor of the city Baní (south), the president of the City Council, several of its members and the company Ciramar, for their part in the case of the Baní Dunes, and asked RD$45 million in fines.

Andrés Chalas asked the Peravia Judicial District Instruction judge to set the date for the arraignment after the Justice Ministry unsealed the indictment against the mayor Nelson Camilo, Yoham Montes de Oca, Carlos González, Salvador Peguero, Candida Carmen Medina, Juan Enrique Guerrero, Solange Catherine Pimentel, the businessmen Luis Eugenio Contreras, the company Ciramar Internacional Trading LTD and the Baní Municipal City Council.

The group is charged with renting with the right to purchase a portion of the lands in the protected area Serbio Felix Ducoudray Natural Monument, within Las Salinas de Bani, site of the Bani Dunes.

The indictment is the result of charges filed October 24, 2007, by the environmental groups Institute of Lawyers for the Protection of the Environment (Insaproma), Ecological World, Jaragua, Dominican Environmental Partnership, Baní Ecological Society  and Ecological Group Tinglar.

The Justice Ministry asked fines of RD$45 million to repair the damages to the Dominican State.

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Written by: Staveras, 3 Apr 2008 6:54 PM
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I hope the charges stick and that justice prevails. It will be a great lesson for the rest of the environmental degenerates and opportunists.
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Written by: dreadlocks, 4 Apr 2008 10:50 AM
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Staveras, as you well know, the outcome will depend upon which party they support.
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Written by: Staveras, 4 Apr 2008 8:20 PM
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Yea, why get your hopes up. The paperwork will get lost, the judge will go on tour, witnesses will have memory loss, I know the routine.
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Written by: reallychurchill, 14 Apr 2008 10:43 AM
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Sirs, I do not know all the individuals, but I do know the businessman Luis Contreas of Ciramar and know him to be a honorable man. I think more information needs to come out before people paint him with a guilty brush. Do not rush to judgement before knowing all the facts. It sounds like a political smear to me, using the pretext of moral outrage to cover jealousy and a political agenda. The company Ciramar has always acted openly and tried to conform to government regulations and rules while engaging in business at Las Calderas. It has never been a secret what their company's intentions were, they shared them with their workers and everyone. If people didn't know what their plans were, those people were not interested at that time. Check the history. Reallychurchill
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