Ngo-June 4, 1993, umfana oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala wawa emthonjeni oyisondo wendiza yezimpahla i-DC-8 eyayifike eMiami International Airport ivela eBogota, eColombia. Wayequlekile futhi eqhaqhazela kodwa ephila.
Indaba yomfana yokuthi wasinda kanjani endizeni eyathatha amahora amathathu enethemba lempilo engcono eMelika yadonsa ukunaka kwesizwe, okuhlanganisa nendaba emnandi ngesaga sakhe esavela ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva ku-New York Times.
Umfana waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uGuillermo Rosales.
NgoSepthemba 21, owesilisa waphekwa ngemibuzo ngabakwa-US Border Patrol egalaji likaphethiloli eDerby Line eduze komngcele wase-US-Canada ngemuva kokuthi ama-agent ethole ithiphu lokuthi uwele ezweni ngokungemthetho.
Le ndoda yatshela amaphoyisa asemngceleni ukuthi imoto yayo ibhilikile eStanstead, eQuebec, nokuthi kumelwe ukuba yawela umngcele ngephutha. Wakhipha i-passport ye-Spanish esebenzayo wathi ulinde itekisi ezombuyisela emotweni yakhe.
Le ndoda iqambe igama layo ngokuthi nguJordi Ejarque-Rodriguez.
Kuvele ukuthi lezi zindaba ezimbili zibandakanya umuntu oyedwa, futhi akekho no-Guillermo Rosales noma u-Jordi Ejarque-Rodriguez.
Esikhundleni salokho, lowo muntu nguJuan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, isela elinamandla futhi indoda eyisigebengu enekhono emsebenzini wayo waze waqhathaniswa nesela lenganekwane u-AJ Raffles kanye nomuntu ophila naye ngokoqobo, uFrank Abagnale Jr., isihloko sefilimu “ Ngibambe Uma Ungakwazi.”
UGuzman-Betancourt usolwa ngochungechunge olude lobugebengu emhlabeni jikelele. Amaphoyisa athi ubevame ukusebenzisa izinto zokuzifihla noma amanye amaqhinga ukuze antshontshe ubucwebe nemali yezivakashi ezicebile ezihlala emahhotela ashibhile e-England, Russia, Japan, Ireland, France, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, Venezuela nase-United States.
Ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, ijaji elikhulu laseVermont lamangalela uGuzman-Betancourt ngamacala okuba ezweni ngokungekho emthethweni futhi waqamba amanga ukuthi uyisakhamuzi saseMelika. Usezitokisini zikahulumeni futhi kulindeleke ukuthi avele enkantolo ngoLwesine.
Ummeli waseMelika u-Tristram Coffin ngeke asho ukuthi uGuzman-Betancourt ugcinwe kuphi - uGuzman-Betancourt wake wakhuluma ngendlela yakhe yokuphuma ejele laseBrithani ngokutshela onogada ukuthi uzoya kudokotela wamazinyo - kodwa uCoffin wawancoma kakhulu amanxusa ambambayo. .
"Benze umsebenzi oncomekayo," kusho uCoffin engxoxweni ngeledlule ngemuva kokutholakala kukaGuzman-Betancourt eDerby Line, idolobhana elinabantu abacishe babe ngu-800 ekhoneni elisenyakatho-mpumalanga yesifunda. “Leli cala likhombisa ukuthi ziningi izinto ezithokozisayo ezenzeka emngceleni wethu ezibeka izinselelo zomthetho kanye nezokuphepha kuzwelonke. Abantu bakithi benze umsebenzi omuhle kulesi simo.”
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UGuzman-Betancourt usesebenzise okungenani iziteketiso ezingu-10 kusukela efika etiyeleni lesikhumulo sezindiza eMiami ngo-1993, kusho iziphathimandla zombuso, nakuba echithe iminyaka eminingi kwamanye amazwe ezingela izivakashi ezicebile futhi ebalekela amaphoyisa.
Isigameko sesikhumulo sezindiza, naso sibukeka siwumkhonyovu, ngokwemibiko yezindaba. Lo mfana kuvele ukuthi uneminyaka ecela kwengu-17, hhayi engu-13, kanti ongoti bezindiza bakungabaze ukuthi ubambelele egiyeni lokufika ezama ukuthola impilo engcono kwelinye izwe, ngokusho kombiko we-National Post yaseCanada.
Imibiko yezindaba emayelana no-Guzman-Betancourt ichaza ikhono lakhe lokungena ezivakashini zasehhotela ezicebile, ukuthola izindlela zokuthola amakhadi abalulekile emakamelweni azo futhi, lapho esengenile, anxenxe abasebenzi basehhotela ukuthi ube ngumuntu ohlezi egunjini futhi acele usizo lokuvula izisefo zasendlini.
“Kwakuthi uma esengenile ekamelweni … wayebiza onogada athi, 'Sawubona, nginguMnu. Sbanibani. Ngisekamelweni lami ngiyaxolisa kakhulu, kodwa ungafika uvule isisefo sami? Sengiyikhohliwe inhlanganisela yami,'” u-Andrew Swindells, umseshi waseLondon, ucashunwa etshela i-Independent yaseLondon. “Akuyona into engavamile ukuba abantu bakhohlwe ikhodi abayifakile. Futhi ngokuthandeka kwakhe nezingubo zakhe ezinhle newashi eliwubukhazikhazi, kungani umuntu engasolisa?”
Leyo mibiko yezindaba iphinde ichaze ukuthi uGuzman-Betancourt uziveze kanjani njengakho konke kusukela kunxusa kuya enkosana yaseJalimane ukuze aqhube ukweba kwakhe. I-Independent ibike ukuthi wake wawabalekela kanjani amaphoyisa ngokubaleka ngendiza ye-Bentley eshayelwa umshayeli, ekhokhelwa ngekhadi le-American Express elisanda kwebiwa.
Izenzo zakhe e-United States zidale ukuthi adingiswe kathathu ngeminyaka yawo-1990, konke lokho kwaba nhlanga zimuka nomoya, waphinde wabekwa icala lokudlwengula eNew York ngo-2000.
Amaphoyisa akholelwa ukuthi uGuzman-Betancourt nguyena owabangela ukwebiwa kobucwebe obubiza u-$2003 kanye nemali ngo-280,000 esisefweni sehhotela lasendlini e-Four Seasons Hotel e-Las Vegas - okungenzeka ukuthi, uma kuyiqiniso, bekungaba ukuphanga kwakhe okukhulu.
"Uthole imininingwane ngesivakashi wabe esekwazi ukwenza ilayisensi yokushayela yamazwe ngamazwe ngomgunyathi esebenzisa igama lalowo muntu kodwa enesithombe sakhe," kusho uBarbara Morgan, okhulumela uMnyango Wamaphoyisa kaMasipala waseLas Vegas, ngeledlule.
“Ube eseya ekamelweni lasehhotela, wafona wathi unenkinga ngesisefo,” kusho uMorgan. “Wakhombisa onogada basehhotela umazisi bamvulela isisefo. Bahambe, bese ethatha izimpahla, ahambe.”
UMorgan uthe kuthathe iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuthi abaseshi bamaphoyisa aseLas Vegas bathole ukuthi uGuzman-Betancourt uyena owasusa lobu bugebengu, bafinyelela esiphethweni sabo ngokufunda i-video eqapha ihhotela baze bambona elandela isivakashi sehhotela asale esilingisa.
“Ube yiva elikhulu kithi,” kusho uMorgan.
