Justice suspends 14 of 19 crew members of Venezuelan-Iranian plane
Federal Judge Federico Villena today sacked 14 of the 19 crew members of the Emtrasur plane that landed in Buenos Aires on June 6. The other five were called for questioning and have started giving evidence. In addition, the magistrate lifted the ban on the two crew members leaving the controlling country.
two weeks ago, The Federal Chamber of La Plata authorized the departure of 12 crew members from the country., In that judgment, the court held that “all pending proceedings, definition of procedural status and restrictions imposed on people and things shall be resolved by a judge of first instance, within ten days, will be calculated from the time this file is returned to the source instance”.
The other seven crew members remained in Buenos Aires. But only five were called for questioning.
The 14 members of the sacked crew are Mahdi Mousseli; Muhammad Khosraviaragh, Victoria Valdivizo Marvell; Cornelio Trujillo Candor; Vicente Rag Tapeworm; Jose Ramirez Martinez; Zeus Rojas Velasquez; Jesus Landetta Ora; Armando Marcano stress; Ricardo Rendon Oropaza; Albert Gins Perez; Angel Marin Ovals; Nelson Coelho and Jose García Contreras.
Two of them, Khosraviaragh and García Contreras, in addition to being sacked, would be able to return to their countries as the judge also decided to lift the ban on leaving the country in force from the first days of June.
Villena was pushed by the decision of Room III of the Federal Chamber of La Plata, which ordered him to be resolved in ten days. That period of interrogation by DAIA ended today.
In his motion, to which Infobe had access, the judge said there was no evidence calling 14 of the 19 crew members to investigate, but emphasized that the investigation was ongoing. ,I should mention that a careful and objective reading of the elements of valuable evidence, in the light of sound rational criticism, requires its thoroughness, as the undersigned does not rule out that there has been a criminal maneuver by the nominees,” he Villana said.
Yesterday, the judge began with the interrogation of two Venezuelans: Victor Manuel Pérez and Mario Araraga Urdaneta. both of them He is suspected of several financial irregularities related to the cargo of the aircraft.
When he had to justify the ban on leaving the country, Villena mentions opening bank accounts in Panama and Singapore, collecting part of the funds for transfers.
The two Venezuelans denied any connection to the acts of terrorism and requested their dismissal. The judge now has a term to resolve their procedural status, i.e., if they are prosecuted, dismissed or determined to lack merit.
Pilot Gholmareza Ghasemi and two other Iranians who made up the crew have also been called in for questioning. Those statements were scheduled for today but were postponed for security reasons.
According to the DAIA complaint, the five crew members called for investigation “are suspected of having participated in a lawful commercial operation with the intention of obtaining money and/or goods or knowing that their will be used wholly or in part.” Part of the financial organizations are considered terrorists.”
In the case of pilot Gholmareza Ghasemi, the most valuable evidence against him is an FBI report linking him to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force (IRGC-QF) and Hezbollah. “The Quds Force has a long history of supporting Hezbollah’s militia, paramilitary and terrorist activities, providing leadership, funding, weapons, intelligence and military support. Quds Forces operates a training camp for Hezbollah in the Beqa Valley in Lebanon and has reportedly trained more than 3,000 soldiers at the Revolutionary Guards headquarters in Iran.
The other two Iranians called for questioning are Abdulbasset Mohammadi and Saeed Walizadeh.
Meanwhile, the Emtrasur plane is still at Ezeiza airport. A month earlier, Villana accepted the request of the United States Justice to confiscate the plane. For unauthorized transfers between Mahan Air, an airline affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard and Quds Forces, and Amtrasure.
That decision was approved by the Chamber of La Plata and is now appealed to the Cassation Chamber by lawyer Maximiliano Rusconi.
Source: World Nation News
