The government of Mendoza sued those responsible for the death of 34 condors in Los Molles

The director of environmental affairs of the prosecutor's office, Mauricio Pintos, confirmed that the government of Mendoza had filed a lawsuit for "collective environmental damages" Valle de Las Leñas SA companies; Valles Mendocinos SA; Altos Cerros SA; Nieves from Mendoza SA, all of Las Leñas group.

They were also prosecuted Eduardo Daniel Valentini as a professional and authority of the aforementioned companiesand to Nibaldo Baigorria, Ramón Rojas Navarro and Víctor Armando Baigorria, who made the event effective.

The bodies of 20 men and 14 condor women were found stacked and partially burned. The remains of a cougar and several goats and sheep have also been found.

The Andean condor – an endangered species – was declared a natural monument of Mendoza by Law No. 6999/98 and protected by Provincial Law No. 4602.

That is why the Mendoza government has brought the case to the Supreme Court of the nation with the aim of: receive economic compensation for the damage caused in addition to the implementation of a "redial program".

Pintos explained that the prosecution expects the recomposition to be "the purpose of the sentence" for companies "to make an economic contribution, so that there is a program restocking for the Andean condors above the Cordillera. "

It is estimated that about 2,500 condors inhabit Argentina out of the 6,000 world copies.