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| Bolivia jails second suspect implicated in Colombia plane crash | |
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| Bolivian authorities have jailed a second suspect accused of wrongdoing in the air crash that wiped out Brazil’s Chapacoense soccer team last month, prosecutors said on Saturday. | Bolivian authorities have jailed a second suspect accused of wrongdoing in the air crash that wiped out Brazil’s Chapacoense soccer team last month, prosecutors said on Saturday. |
| Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia’s aviation authority, was arrested and will be held until trial on charges that he misused his influence in authorizing the license of the Bolivian plane that crashed in Colombia while taking the team to Medellín for the Copa Sudamericana. | Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former official with Bolivia’s aviation authority, was arrested and will be held until trial on charges that he misused his influence in authorizing the license of the Bolivian plane that crashed in Colombia while taking the team to Medellín for the Copa Sudamericana. |
| His father, Gustavo Vargas Gamboa, former chief executive of the LaMia charter airline company, was jailed on Thursday pending trial on charges including manslaughter over the 28 November crash. | His father, Gustavo Vargas Gamboa, former chief executive of the LaMia charter airline company, was jailed on Thursday pending trial on charges including manslaughter over the 28 November crash. |
| “I am innocent. I did not authorise the operating licenses,” Vargas Villegas told reporters on Friday. | “I am innocent. I did not authorise the operating licenses,” Vargas Villegas told reporters on Friday. |
| Vargas Gamboa said on Thursday: “The prosecutors are a bunch of liars.” | Vargas Gamboa said on Thursday: “The prosecutors are a bunch of liars.” |
| The accident killed 71 people after the plane apparently ran out of fuel, shocking global football and sparking questions about why the aircraft would have tried to make an international flight with what looks to have been less than the required amount of fuel in its tanks. | The accident killed 71 people after the plane apparently ran out of fuel, shocking global football and sparking questions about why the aircraft would have tried to make an international flight with what looks to have been less than the required amount of fuel in its tanks. |
| “The prosecution has collected statements and evidence showing the participation of the accused in the crimes of misusing influence, conduct incompatible with public office and breach of duties,” La Paz district attorney Edwin Blanco told reporters, referring to Vargas Villegas. | “The prosecution has collected statements and evidence showing the participation of the accused in the crimes of misusing influence, conduct incompatible with public office and breach of duties,” La Paz district attorney Edwin Blanco told reporters, referring to Vargas Villegas. |