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The conviction against the American oil company Chevron to pay 9,500 million dollars to the inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon for environmental damage was confirmed by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in a judgment of last resort in this country

In its judgment of June 27 adopted and notified to the parties on Tuesday, the entity has indicated that she decided "to declare that there is no violation of constitutional rights" to Chevron to try to overturn the sanction issued by the Supreme Court of national justice at the second instance in November 2013.

The penalty imposed on Chevron in Ecuador exceeds the fine of 4500 million dollars initially imposed on ExxonMobil (the figure then went been reduced to 507 million dollar s) after an oil spill in Alaska in 1989, when the ship "Exxon Valdez" crashed into an arrecife

"The decision announced today by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador is consistent with the pattern of denial of justice, fraud and corruption against Chevron in Ecuador, "said James Craig, communications advisor to the oil company, in

Pablo Fajardo, plaintiffs' attorney, including the natives, has declared in turn that after the pronouncement of the constitutional body "there is no pending appeal" which may interpose the "After four years of battle at the Constitutional Court and 25 years of trial, the Constitutional Court unanimously decided today to reject the protective action filed by Chevron, "he said. AFP Fajardo

Chevron was convicted in Ecuador for environmental damages attributed to Texaco, which he acquired in 2001, in the Ecuadorian jungle during his operations in 1964. and 1990.

The Company approves pollution in the state Petroecuador with which Texaco operated in a consortium, and refuses to pay compensation claiming that the judgment against them was obtained by fraud and bribes

– The lawsuit continues –

Because Chevron does not have badets in Ecuador, the plaintiffs unsuccessfully tried to approve the decision in countries like the United States l & # Argentina, Brazil and Canada. Although Ecuadorians had to withdraw their orders in these countries – with the exception of Canada where they still have an open battle front – Fajardo felt that after the constitutional decision "there is no no turning back.

"It may cost us maybe a little more litigation time in foreign courts, but Chevron has to pay.He can not always run away from justice," said the lawyer.

For the oil company, the fact that the approval did not flourish in the US, Brazilian and Argentine courts is a sign that "Ecuador's fraudulent sentence must be unenforceable". According to Craig

Ecuadorian plaintiffs claim that the dumping of billions of toxic waste from oil exploitation has contaminated soil and water sources, affecting some 30,000 people, among them are settlers and natives of the Siona, Siekopai, Cofán, Shuar, Kichwa and Waorani nationalities who live in the provinces of Sucumbíos and Orellana (to the east, bordering on Colombia and Peru).