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Fired Tropic Air Security Guard’s Emphatic Denial Of Fuel Theft
posted (May 29, 2013)
Last night we told you about the 10 security guards fried form Tropic Air in Belize City. Well it turns out that the number was 9 guards, all 9 who previously handled the company's security. Those jobs will now be contracted out to a private security firm.

This transition comes after the company discovered that 1800 gallons or 30 drums of aviation fuel went missing in April. Well, one terminated guard came to our studio today to say he's not made about being fired, he's angry that the circumstances suggest that those guards had anything to do with the missing fuel. As he explained it to us, that's impossible because the guards don't handle fuel.

Kevin Todd - Former Tropic Air Security
"But while looking at the news last night I finally realized realized what my termination was for and it was for theft of gas."

Jules Vasquez
"But at the same time no one told you that you were terminated for theft and no one is saying that you were terminated for theft. You happened to be terminated at a time when they were investigating the theft."

Kevin Todd
"I'll say it again and I'll say it slowly and in the best creole voice that I can say it in. At no time did my boss Mr. Ahmad Badillo tell me 'Kevin you are being terminated for theft'. We don't have keys for that sir and the amount that they are saying is missing is impossible for you just to realize now that so much fuel has been missing. Only fuel people deal with the fuel - they fuel the big trucks when the big bowser comes in, they fuel it to put into the smaller trucks to deal with the plane. The fuel people deal with the fuel all day, no ramp workers, no cargo workers, no security, not even Mr. Badillo - just the fuel people. I know 100% for sure the securities, me personally don't have anything to do with that of any stolen gas. It's affecting me in real time because after I was let go from there, I could get a job easily because I'm a hard working person and I went to go apply for another job and almost into the interview the young man asked me 'aren't you the young man from Tropic Air'? After that they stepped into the office and he told me 'I'll give you a call later' so you already knows what that means. I don't need your extra luggage that you're bringing along with you."

Todd had worked at Tropic Air for almost 7 years.

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