Aviation company owner, José Miguel Patín, pleaded guilty to trafficking 500 grams of cocaine to the United States as part of a plea bargain negotiated with a Florida court on 20 May 2017. Patín, owner of Servicios Aereos Profesionales (SAP) agreed to handover two of his company’s airplanes,– a Hawker Siddeley 700A and a Canadair CL 600-2B16. He also agreed to pay US$3.5 million in fines, reportedly the total of his earnings. The final judgement is due to be delivered on 25 July 2017.
In the same case, 33-year old Dominican, Wilkin de Jesús Matos Felix, a pilot of the company Servicios Aéreos Profesionales (SAP), was also detained. Both Patín and Matos had initially pleaded not guilty.
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Miami Herald
Diario Libre
6 June 2017
