On Friday, Elías Gómez Rojas, a 25-year-old Paraguayan, was arrested at the Barajas International Airport, located in Madrid, Spain. In his carry-on suitcase he had five kilos of cocaine.
Felix Kanazawa, head of the Dinac, reported at 730 AM, that he will not enter into speculations about whether the suitcase was loaded with or without the consent of the young man. He indicated that they will only provide what Lorena Ledesma, the prosecutor in the case, needs and that she is in charge of clarifying the facts.
He also announced that he will hold meetings with the directors of the company Longport Security Aviation, as well as the representatives of Air Europa. Since, they are responsible for the security area. The first is a firm subcontracted by the second.
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According to our sources, if the suitcase passed the scanner without any difficulty, it means that the cocaine load could have been produced from that moment until it was stored in the hold of the Air Europa plane.
It is worth mentioning that there were an average of 50 closed circuit cameras that were out of service during a similar situation that occurred in May. Mainly due to the lack of maintenance (it is not ruled out that it is on purpose).
On that occasion, Fanny del Pilar Sosa was arrested in Spain after 22 kilos of cocaine were detected in her briefcase. The woman was finally released after it was verified that the shipment was implanted at the airport.
Following the account of our sources, as a result of this situation, we had to resort to an expert official from Dinac, who provides services at the Guaraní airport in Ciudad del Este. Said professional found the closed circuit system of the Silvio Pettirossi airport in a regrettable situation, since the cameras were outside SVC.
In addition, he found that the closed circuit television (CCTV) is with several cameras out of service. The then head of the area was an official loyal to Édgar “Beto” Melgarejo. Therefore, she could not be removed from office. However, already in September she was fired.
The airport is full of cameras installed in strategic places. If they are not operational, it may be for various reasons; the operators rotated the cameras in another direction. They are not working due to minor failures UPS damaged, wireless link faulty or power supply damaged (all are possible repairable by technicians from Silvio Pettirossi airport). Management inability of the person in charge or lack of periodic maintenance.
DETAILS
Recordings are kept for 90 days. When a passenger is about to board in the boarding area until they reach the chute, the entire journey inside the building is followed by a camera.
The footage will visualize when a person enters the winery and when he leaves.
According to the same source, Dinac employees only transport briefcases sealed by the security company (Longport). This is taken to officials of the private firm who deposit the briefcases in the warehouse. That is, if they open the suitcases halfway, it can be viewed.
NO ANSWERS
Lorena Ledesma, prosecutor in the case, reported that since Sunday she has had a closed circuit. But, he still could not confirm if there were cameras that were not working yesterday.
