Samer Akil Rada has told a Mexican newspaper that he has nothing to do with the major cocaine shipment of over a thousand pounds that was intercepted in Salvador, but destined for his Free Zone company.
He told Informativo Quintana Roo that the business of which he is a partner, called Cargoyo has 138 clients and provides logistic support and transportation services for packaged products from different parts of the world.
He tells the newspaper that he did not know that the container of buckets of pineapple juice was actually filled with cocaine. He says that his company was only hired to transport the container within Belizean territory from Benque Viejo del Carmen to the Free Zone. He further explained that there were actually two containers being shipped. One of them had the drugs which were intercepted but the other made it to the Corozal Free Zone. By that time, however, the frozen pineapple juice had spoilt because of all the checks.
He pointed out that those who loaded the shipment were employees of Costa Rican company "Productos Florida S.A" and holds that none of "CargoYo's" employees were present at the time of loading. The media quotes Rada as saying "I want to make clear that I am not missing; I am showing my face" end quote.
Rada says "CargoYo" has been in existence for 8 years. During that time, Rada was elected to serve on the Free Zone's Board of Directors – until he was voted off in May of 2012.
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