REUTERS
Bolivian authorities
have jailed the 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 Medellin for the Copa Sudamericana.
His father, Gustavo
Vargas Gamboa, former chief executive of the LaMia charter airline company, was
jailed Thursday pending trial on charges including manslaughter over the Nov.
28 crash.
Both have said they
are innocent.
"I am innocent.
I did not authorize the operating licenses," Vargas Villegas told
reporters on Friday. 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 the global
soccer community and sparking questions about why the aircraft would have tried
to make the 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 the Vargas Villegas.
REUTERS
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