Puerto Rico: Ogwira ntchito 9 aku American Airlines pakati pa omwe adamangidwa chifukwa chogwidwa ndi cocaine

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Othandizira aku US adamanga anthu 21, asanu ndi anayi mwa iwo ogwira ntchito ku American Airlines, omwe akuimbidwa mlandu wozembetsa masutukesi odzaza ndi cocaine pandege zochokera ku Puerto Rico kupita ku United States, aboma adatero Lachiwiri.

Oimbidwa mlandu, 20 mwa iwo omwe adamangidwa ku Puerto Rico ndi m'modzi ku Miami, adayimbidwa mlandu wokonza chiwembu chogawa mankhwala opitilira 9,000 kg (19,800 pounds) a cocaine m'ndege zamalonda za American Airlines, malinga ndi chigamulo chomwe watulutsidwa ndi Loya waku US. Gawo la US Caribbean.

Opaleshoniyi inakhudza bungwe la US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ku Puerto Rico ndi Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Mwa anthu 23 omwe akuwakayikira omwe adawatsutsa, 21 adamangidwa m'mawa Lachiwiri, akuluakulu a DEA adatero. Awiri omwe adatsalawo akufunsidwa ku San Juan.

"Ndi kumangidwa kumeneku, DEA imatseka njira ina ya ma kilogalamu masauzande a cocaine kuti akafike ku United States kapena mbali ina iliyonse ya dziko lapansi kuchokera ku Puerto Rico," adatero Mtsogoleri Wapadera wa DEA Javier Pena m'mawu ake.

Mlanduwo akuti wotsogolera gulu lozembetsa anthu, wogwira ntchito ku American Airlines Wilfredo Rodriguez-Rosado, kuyambira 1999 adalemba gulu la ogwira nawo ntchito kuti azembetse masutikesi odzaza ndi cocaine mundege ya American Airlines yopita kumizinda yosiyanasiyana ku United States.

“ZOWONJEZERA CHITETEKO CHA DZIKO”

Otsutsa adati mamembala a gululo adagwira ntchito limodzi kuti adzaze masutukesi ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndipo, atatengera mwayi wawo ngati ogwira ntchito ku American Airlines, kuwazembetsa kuchokera pamalo onyamula katundu wandege ku San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport pokwera ndege zopita ku United States.

Minnette Velez, mneneri wa American Airlines ku San Juan, komwe ndi malo oyendera ndege ku Caribbean, adatsimikiza kuti ogwira ntchito pakampaniyo amangidwa.

“Nthawi zonse akuluakulu aboma akatiuza za nkhaniyi, timagwira nawo ntchito. Zinali choncho kuno,” adatero.

American Airlines yatulutsa mawu akuti: “Monga kampani, tikukhulupirira kuti zochita za anthu ochepa ogwira ntchito sizingawononge anthu masauzande ambiri ogwira ntchito ku American Airlines omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika kuti athandize anthu tsiku lililonse.

Akapezeka olakwa, oimbidwa mlanduwo akakhala kundende kwa zaka zosachepera 10 komanso kukhala m’ndende kwa moyo wawo wonse, ndi kulipiritsa ndalama zokwana madola 4 miliyoni.

Otsutsa ati akufuna kulandidwa katundu wa ndalama zokwana $18 miliyoni za omwe akuimbidwa mlanduwo, kuphatikiza nyumba zingapo ndi mabizinesi.

Woyimira milandu waku US ku Puerto Rico, a Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, adati akuluakulu aku US ayesetsa kuyesetsa kuti Puerto Rico isagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati malo otumizira mankhwala ku US.

"Kugwiritsa ntchito ndege zamalonda kuzembetsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo mkati ndi kunja kwa Puerto Rico, kumayambitsanso chiwopsezo chachitetezo cha dziko lathu," adawonjezera Rodriguez-Velez.