Woman who had been captured in Brazil by the tragedy of Chapecoense released

On November 28, 2016, the world shook when Bolivian airline Lamia Flight 2933, carrying the Chapecoense team that was going to play the first leg of the South American Conmebol final against Atlético Nacional at Atanasio Girardot, crashed as it approached the José María Córdoba airport in the city of Medellin.

A total of 71 deaths left this tragedy between Chapecoense players and coaching staff, as well as journalists and part of the airline crew responsible for transporting passengers on that flight.

Only six people survived this fateful accident: journalist Rafael Henzel; two crew members, Ximena Suárez and Erwin Tumiri, and players Alan Ruschel, Helio Neto and Jackson Follmann.

In September 2021, the Brazilian Federal Police captured Bolivian Celia Castedo Monasterio, who is being investigated for her alleged responsibility in the air disaster that occurred in Cerro Gordo, a hill located in the municipality of La Unión, Antioquia.

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According to research, Celia Castedo Monasterio, who was an area controller in 2016, would have given the green light to the flight plan without meeting the minimum safety requirements.

The woman was employed by the Bolivian Administration of Airports and Services Auxiliary to Air Navigation (AASANA), a position she left after the tragedy she claimed due to pressure from her superiors.

However, the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil revoked last Tuesday the preventive insurance measure against Castedo, at the request of his lawyer Armando da Silva Souza, who, in addition, explained that the Bolivian State did not carry out the necessary procedures to request his extradition.

It should be recalled that Celia Castedo has an open trial in her country for the crimes of infringement of transport safety and breach of duty, for which an Interpol arrest warrant was issued.

For this reason, the former worker of the Bolivian Administration of Airports and Services Auxiliary to Air Navigation (AASANA), must appear before the Bolivian justice system to answer for these crimes.

The Bolivian woman was deprived of her liberty on September 23, 2021 in the Brazilian city of Corumbá, which borders the municipality of Puerto Quijarro (Bolivia), where she remained behind bars in a women's prison facility awaiting her request for extradition, which she never arrived.

In the past few days, one of the survivors of the tragedy, former goalkeeper Jackson Follmann, gave details in La Red Caracol of the judicial battle they are taking with the families of the victims.

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