SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Vashandi veUnited States vakasunga vanhu makumi maviri nemumwe, vapfumbamwe vavo vashandi veAmerican Airlines, vachipomerwa mhosva yekupinza masutukesi akatakura cocaine mundege kubva kuPuerto Rico kuenda kuUnited States, zviremera zvakati neChipiri.
Vanopomerwa, makumi maviri vavo vakavharirwa muPuerto Rico uye mumwe muMiami, vakapomerwa mhosva yekuronga kugovera anopfuura zviuru zvipfumbamwe zvemakirogiramu (20 pounds) yecocaine mundege dzeAmerican Airlines, maererano nemhosva yakaburitswa negweta reUS. US Caribbean ndima.
Kuvhiya kwacho kwaisanganisira US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Puerto Rico Police Department uye Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Pavasungwa makumi maviri nevatatu vakadomwa mukupomerwa mhosva, makumi maviri nemumwe vakasungwa pakati pemangwanani neChipiri, vakuru veDEA vakadaro. Vaviri vasara vanofungidzirwa kuti vari kutsvagwa muSan Juan.
"Nekusungwa uku DEA inovhara imwe nzira yezviuru zvemakirogiramu ecocaine kusvika kuUnited States kana chero imwe nzvimbo yenyika kubva kuPuerto Rico," DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena akadaro mukutaura.
Mhosva yaipomera mutungamiri weringi rekubira, mushandi weAmerican Airlines, Wilfredo Rodriguez-Rosado, kubva muna 1999 atora uye akaronga boka revamwe vashandi vendege kuti vapinze masutukesi akatakura cocaine mundege yeAmerican Airlines yaienda kumaguta akasiyana muUnited States.
“KUTSIKIDZIRA KUCHENGETEKA KWENYIKA”
Vachuchisi vakati nhengo dzeboka iri dzakashanda pamwe chete kuzadza masutukezi necocaine uye, vachishandisa mukana wenzvimbo yavo sevashandi veAmerican Airlines, kuvaburitsa kubva munzvimbo inotakura zvinhu yendege paSan Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport mundege kuenda kuUnited States.
Minnette Velez, mutauriri weAmerican Airlines muSan Juan, inova nzvimbo inotakurwa nendege kuCaribbean, vatsinhira kuti vashandi vekambani iyi vakasungwa.
“Pose apo zviremera zvinotiunzira mamiriro ezvinhu akadai, tinoshanda nazvo. Ndizvo zvanga zviri kuno,” vakadaro.
American Airlines yakapa chirevo ichiti: “Sekambani, tinovimba kuti zvakaitwa nevashandi vashoma hazviratidzi zvakaipa pamakumi ezviuru evashandi vane hunhu hweAmerican Airlines vanoshanda nesimba kushandira veruzhinji zuva nezuva.
Kana vakabatwa nemhosva, vari kutongwa vakatarisana nekugara mujeri kwemakore gumi pamwe nekugara mujeri kweupenyu hwose, vachibhadhariswa mari inosvika mamiriyoni mana emadhora.
Vachuchisi vati vachatsvaga kutorwa kwemidziyo inokosha mamiriyoni gumi nemasere emadhora yevari kupomerwa, kusanganisira misha yakawanda yekugara pamwe nemabhizimisi.
Gweta reUS kuPuerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, vakati zviremera zveUS zvichawedzera kuyedza kudzivirira Puerto Rico kushandiswa senzvimbo yekuendesa zvinodhaka kunyika yeUS.
"Kushandiswa kwendege dzekutengesa kupinza zvinodhaka mukati nekubuda muPuerto Rico, zvakare zvinokonzeresa kutyisidzira kuchengetedzeka kwenyika," Rodriguez-Velez akawedzera.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The accused, 20 of whom were detained in Puerto Rico and one in Miami, were charged with a conspiracy to distribute more than 9,000 kg (19,800 pounds) of cocaine aboard American Airlines commercial flights, according to an indictment released by the U.
- Mhosva yaipomera mutungamiri weringi rekubira, mushandi weAmerican Airlines, Wilfredo Rodriguez-Rosado, kubva muna 1999 atora uye akaronga boka revamwe vashandi vendege kuti vapinze masutukesi akatakura cocaine mundege yeAmerican Airlines yaienda kumaguta akasiyana muUnited States.
- “As a company, we hope that the actions of a few employees don’t reflect negatively on the tens of thousands of ethical American Airlines employees who work hard to serve the public daily.
