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Belize: US National Fined $1.7 Million for Damaging Reef
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S Coward

 
By S Coward
Published on 02-Jun-09
 
June 2, 2009 -- U-S National David Lautner, whose catamaran destroyed a portion of the reef near Lighthouse Reef Atoll around May 2, 2007, was found guilty of recklessly causing a disaster that resulted in a loss of the environment when he appeared in court. Lautner was fined 1.7 million U-S dollars by Magistrate Ed P. Usher.