Tannery owner jailed over river contamination
02/11/2010
The owner of a tannery in Bogotá has been sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison, Colombian media have reported. Environmental agencies in the capital city ordered the tannery, Las Gaviotas, to cease production some months ago because effluent from the facility was alleged to have contaminated a local river, the Tunjuelo. The tannery...