Argentina: Charges dismissed against Venezuelan plane crew members
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A court in Argentina dismisses the charges against 12 crew members on the Venezuelan Boeing 747, which is being held in Argentina.
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The court attributed the reason for dismissing the case to the absence of evidence, which confirms that no felony, crime or violation of the law was committed by the crew.
A court in Argentina has ordered to dismiss charges against 12 crew members who were on board the Venezuelan Boeing 747 plane, which is being held in Argentina.
The 12 members include 11 Venezuelans and one Iranian who have been released and went back to their families earlier. Yesterday, one Venezuelan and one Iranian who are still in Argentina were also released, and by the court order, they will be allowed to leave immediately.
The court attributed the reason for dismissing the charges against the members to the absence of evidence, which confirms that no felony, crime, or violation of law was committed by the crew.
The ruling stipulated that the status of the remaining individuals, two Venezuelans and three Iranians, be decided within 10 days and they be allowed to leave Argentina in the coming days in the event that the public prosecutor does not appeal the judge's decision.
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Venezuelan Victor Pérez, Emtrasur Director of Operations, and Mario Arraga, administration manager of the company, were able for the first time in three months to respond face to face to all the questions and doubts of the judge and the Public Prosecution, and the court is supposed to decide their fate on October 6.
As for the three Iranian trainers, they are scheduled to be heard on Thursday, and the work will continue with the aim of restoring the plane.
It is worth noting that the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747, which belongs to Venezuelan airline Emtrasur, has been detained by the Argentine authorities since June 8. The detention took place during a refueling stop Boeing was taking in the country.
The plane arrived in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, on June 6 and was scheduled to head to Uruguay two days later, but the latter refused to grant the Venezuelan plane access to airspace, forcing the airlines to return to the Argentine airport.
The Boeing 747 was sold to Emtrasur, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan company Conviasa, by an Iranian company, Mahan Air, in October 2021. The two countries have signed a 20-year cooperation plan as a way to overcome the sanctions imposed against them by the US.
It is reported that the plane, which was seized in Buenos Aires, was carrying spare parts for automobiles and there was nothing irregular in the 130 actions of the investigation.
Earlier, a crew member accused US intelligence of arresting the crew. described what is happening as a display of mad tactics to desperately seeking a thread of accusation against any one of the detainees even if they don’t find any and recalled that at one point they were informed that the United States was on the front lines and behind what was going on with them.
