Overview
- A farmer's unauthorized burn in Quellosesayoc, Ancahuasi spread out of control on Monday, Oct. 12, destroying seven hectares of planted eucalyptus, pine and natural vegetation.
- Fiscal investigators concluded the blaze began when the defendant set an agricultural fire without safety measures or firebreaks and strong winds carried the flames beyond his plot.
- The case was resolved by a terminación anticipada plea after the defendant accepted the facts and the 4th Investigative Preparatory Court of Cusco approved the agreement.
- The court imposed a suspended prison term of three years, ten months and twenty days, 44 days of community service under INPE supervision, bi-monthly check-ins and a ban on similar offenses during the probation.
- Civil reparations include S/3,000 and a court- and Ministry of Environment‑supervised obligation to reforest the seven hectares with progress reported at 18 months and final delivery at the end of the three-year probation, a measure that signals stricter enforcement of unsafe agricultural burning practices.