During the operation, citizens were surprised destroying the vegetation cover and polluting the river.

In order to protect and monitor natural resources and the environment, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira - Corpoguajira, has been carrying out joint actions with the National Army against illegal mining.

In this opportunity, The operation was in charge of the Mechanized Battalion N ° 6 of Cartagena, in the path of Piedras, Rio Ancho village, jurisdiction of Dibulla, where citizens were caught carrying out illegal mineral extraction activities on the Negro river basin.

During the survey carried out by the environmental authority, it was determined that the vegetation cover is being destroyed., and polluting the Rio Negro basin by the use of chemicals to extract gold.

Likewise, there is an impact on the environmental services of the forest such as the production of oxygen, habitat of fauna species, scenic beauty, water catchment, carbon sequestration, mitigation against climate change. Actions that affect the basin, mainly the production of water from the Negro river.

It could be verified, also, that the site where the illegal mining is being carried out does not have any environmental permit to carry out channel occupation activity, forestry, o environmental license for the exploitation of minerals in the department of La Guajira.

The individuals found in the place incurred in the illicit damage to natural resources and illicit exploitation of mining deposits and other materials..

Corpoguajira invites the inhabitants of the department to comply with the procedures enshrined in environmental regulations at the time of needing to carry out an intervention that affects the natural resources of our jurisdiction.