Overview
- The private wedding, held Monday in La Punilla inside the Quebrada de las Conchas reserve near Cafayate, drew scrutiny after photos and videos spread online.
- The provincial environment secretary, Alejandro Aldazábal, said the authorization shown to rangers was fake and that his signature was copied from a photo on a document with no letterhead or file number.
- The Fiscalía Penal de Cafayate, led by Sandra Rojas, opened a case for alleged falsification of a public instrument, and the Unidad Fiscal Contravencional is reviewing possible breaches of environmental rules.
- An organizer, Lucía Grajales Soriano, says the event took place on her family’s private land inside the reserve and claims permits were in place, and the couple has been identified as Nicole Pocoví and Federico Maran.
- Provincial authorities are preparing administrative penalties under Salta’s environmental laws that can reach the value of 200,000 liters of gasoline, and they note that private land inside protected areas still requires formal approval.