Sandro Tomasi Nov 16, 2017:

@Eileen It is clearly written in Spanish. I did my cables crossed bet. continuado and continuo. ... But now that I look at it again, the phrase la infracción se consuma had me thinking it was a delito continuo instead of continuado. Anyway, your fact pattern makes it clear.

Eileen Brophy (asker) Nov 15, 2017:

@Sandro Tomasi Fine Sandro, thank you again for your help, all is clear now. I wish to God our local admin would learn how to write clearly in Spanish, I have some really freaky text here!! ha ha ha.

Sandro Tomasi Nov 15, 2017:

@Eileen Ha-ha. I was just giving an example of a continuous offense, which constitutes a delito continuo, which is not your set of facts. Your facts pertain to a delito continuado, which still gets translated the same into English (it has two senses in English). Sorry about the confusion. I got my cables crossed.

Now that I know your set of facts, and that the term “continuada” is being properly used, I would go with my original answer: with which the offense is committed.

Eileen Brophy (asker) Nov 15, 2017:

@Sandro Tomasi This is about someone who does not respect regulations in waste management in urban areas, by not putting the waste into containers, or not separating the waste correctly Sandro, it is not as serious as blowing up a car, etc, if you understand what I mean.

Sandro Tomasi Nov 15, 2017:

@Eileen Yes, I would mention “finalizes the perpetration of the offense,” unless that does not fit with the facts. If it does not, I’m missing part of the picture or the term continuado may be being used differently. Check the fact pattern.

For example, if someone wants to blow up a car and buys a stick of dynamite and places it under a car, it is not enough to commit the crime of criminal mischief (or something similar). It is not fully perpetrated. But if the person lights the dynamite, it goes off and the car is toast, the perpetration is finalized.