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Two Men Indicted for Environmental Crimes Committed in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Las Mareas Community of Salinas, Puerto Rico

Date Issued May 11, 2023
Report Type Investigations
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This press release announces that a federal grand jury returned indictments charging two individuals with violations of the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act related to the illegal construction and deposit of material into the wetlands and waters in the area of the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Las Mareas community of Salinas, Puerto Rico.
View Press Release https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men-indicted-environmental-crimes-committed-jobos-bay-national-estuarine-research-reserve
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