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Men Charged With Stealing 192 Ventilators

By Sarah Keane • Published: 13 Dec 2020 • 12:15

MEN charged with stealing 192 ventilators bound for El Salvador

Two Miami men have been charged with stealing 192 ventilators owned by the US government worth $3 million destined for an intensive care unit in El Salvador on Friday, December 11. The United States Agency for International Development had purchased the equipment to send to El Salvador as part of a federal aid program to help the country’s critically ill.

Yoelvis Denis Hernandez,42, and Luis Urra Montero, 24, were accused of stealing a trailer loaded with the ventilators which had been parked overnight en route to Miami International Airport in Florida in August. They were both charged with conspiracy to possess stolen goods and theft of government property.

In June, another man was arrested for stealing ventilators from a Veterans Affairs centre in Seattle and selling them off on eBay.

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Sarah Keane

Former teacher and health services manager with a Degree in English, Sarah moved to Spain from Southern Ireland with her husband, who runs his own car rental business, in 2019. She is now enjoying a completely different pace and quality of life on the Costa Blanca South, with wonderful Spanish and expat friends in Cabo Roig. Sarah began working with Euro Weekly News in 2020 and loves nothing more than bringing all the latest national and international news to her local community.

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