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Guate Farmers Flattening Chiquibul
posted (November 26, 2015)
The Friends for Conservation and Development, FCD, are reporting tonight that they have caught 3 Guatemalans farming inside the Chiquibul National Park, very near the Belize/Guatemala Border.

Yesterday, a joint forces patrol, comprised of the BDF, Police, and FCD Rangers, were on patrol in the Chiquibul near an area known as El Retiro, which is about 1.4 kilometres away from the border.

There they found 27 year-old Jorge Felipe Gudiel Garcia, along with a 7 year-old and a 9 year-old minor. They had cut down the forest in this area, and planted a 2.5 acre farm of black beans.

Jorge Garcia informed authorities that he had planted pumpkin earlier in the cleared area that was approximately 2.5 acres in size, and that he knew of other farmers further north of his location also doing farming.

Garcia was charged for illegal entry and cultivating in a protected area. The two minors were released promptly to Guatemalan authorities.





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