Colombia president placed under house arrest for 5 days
15:07, 05.06.2022
A court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest for five days, it said on Saturday, citing the country's leader failure to comply with a previous ruling that demanded he protect a national park, Reuters reported.
Duque was found to be in contempt of court for failing to enact measures to protect the Los Nevados national park as ordered by Colombia's Supreme Court in 2020, the superior court of Ibague said in a statement explaining its ruling.
The court also imposed a fine on the president of roughly $4,000 and ordered that he create a special unit of police or military members to help carry out conservation work at the park.
The president insisted his government has protected Colombia's natural parks and complied with the court order to conserve the Los Nevados national park.
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