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Factory ship caused oil spill

An estimated amount of one tone oil was reported to have spilled from the Cabo de Hronos' on July 1, 2024, at 1.30 p.m., by the prosecutor Pedro Poblete, a specialist in environmental crimes and in charge of the investigation of the massive fuel spill in the bay of Puerto Chacabuco. The factory ship, owned by the Pesca Chile company, is based in the commune of Punta Arenas. The case was taken by the Local Prosecutor's Office of Aysén. and prosecutor Poblete requested investigative proceedings from the Investigative Brigade of Crimes Against the Environment and Cultural Heritage (Bidema) of Aysén. As part of the investigative process, statements were taken, documents were seized and scientific expertise was carried out at both the Bidema and the PDI Criminalistics Laboratory, among other procedures. The ship remained stationary at Puerto Chacabuco as of July 5.