The man who owns luxurious passenger plane crashed, killing Latin music star janet rivera said, he never participate in drug trafficking, the drug control bureau has been bothering him for over twenty years of time running business have no proof that a single drug connection.
DEA spokesman Lisa weber Johnson said the two plane was examiner have Las Vegas starwood management mechanism in Texas and Arizona this year, but she refused to disclose the details of the ongoing investigation. The agency also summoned the company all the records, including once and DiHuaNaShi the mayor's ago doubts that American law enforcement organized crime related any communication.
Christian Esquino, fifty years old, who is running the business, and have a long changing laws in the past, told the Associated Press on Friday, DEA has been investigating his since the 1980 s about time, he sold the plane in Florida after the main drug use it as a part of the large-scale smuggling.
The federal government says it Esquino involved in Tijuana's notorious, when LeiLiYa's alex cartel, he said, he resolutely denied costs.
"DEA has been survey me, my whole life," EQUINO told the Associated Press in a telephone interview from Mexico City. "They can survey I all they want, they can survey starwood all they want, but they will not find anything."
"I am the most intelligent drug traffickers in the world can away from drug faith and DEA in looking at me, looked at under a microscope for twenty years," he added.
43 years old, was born in the United States California rivera died, off the plane, she in the nose go ground last week. Rivera is an international famous star who sold more than 150000 records in her career.
Esquino said, singer are considering buying from the starwood provide $250000 and flight as a predestined relationship. The 78 - year - old pilots and five other people were killed. Esquino said, the pilot flight time more than 24000 hours, is an experienced pilot and rivera's been a long time to consider to buy a plane from starwood.
"She is a very beautiful woman, I am very sad, this matter," he said. "This is a terrible accident."
He hasn't got any accident reason of information.
"We are a legitimate business, now has a terrible tragedy, we are basically lick our wounds, now," he said.
Esquino legal dilemma can be traced back to the 1980 s, he said, it is all part of an aimless witch hunt by the United States, he said, the government mistakenly assume that he must will involve drugs just because he is a successful businessman Mexico high-end aviation industry.
He is in the 1990 s, and other 12 accused of a federal criminal suspects announced plans to sell more than 480 kilograms of cocaine drug investigation prosecution. He finally confessed plot to cover up the irs money, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, but 6 months, probation.
Cynthia Hawkins, former assistant American lawyer, said began to arrest Castoro Robert, who is thought to be the most abundant of marijuana and cocaine smuggling to Florida Colombian drug cartel direct contact. In 1988 Castoro been convicted and sentenced to life in prison, but he began to collaborate with the authorities, and commute to 10 years, Hawkins said.
Esquino only admit that said, his money is responsible for, in order to avoid in drug cases a more long sentences. He said he attention, because he has sold about 220000 yuan, he afterwards just know, is used to smuggle drugs plane to Castoro.
As time delay again and again, Esquino with DEA. And he said, a DEA agent call him on his cell phone September in Mexico provide trading.
"You tell me what cartel your work, I will catch you aircraft, Esquino said:" broker told him. "I said," you are wasting your time. "
Mexican citizens, Esquino, was jailed for two years in federal prison FuXingFan have fraud, involved in the plane, he admitted that in 2004 years later, in Mexico to purchase, then forge the log, and to sell to the United States. Now, he denies the charge, and has been deported.
This year, the government seized two starwood in Tucson, Arizona state and Texas Gulf Stream aircraft and house guest 700 aircraft value a dollar's worth of $2.5 billion.
DEA also summoned all the starwood records can be traced back to 2007, DiHuaNaShi mayor jorge Hank relationship before, force hong, gambling tycoon and Mexico is one of the most powerful family members. Law enforcement personnel always doubt Hank - force hong and organized crime, but has been proven charges. He has been denied any crime participation.
Esquino said, Hank force hong participation, his company is through the leased aircraft.
"DEA has destroyed my business, they ruined my reputation." This is what they win Esquino said. "They can't let me on the drug beliefs, because they are what I have, but in the meantime, they ruined my life."
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