2026-05-20T06:39:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
据一名美国联邦特工透露，巴哈马反对党领导人要求对一名近期在佛罗里达附近空难中幸存的涉毒嫌疑人展开调查，据称该嫌疑人随身携有约3万美元现金。这笔钱装在一个袋子里，袋子上印有巴哈马群岛一名身份不明的高级政客的名字。
这名嫌疑人因毒品和洗钱罪名被定罪后，已于十多年前被驱逐回巴哈马。他被指控通过巴哈马向美国贩运可卡因。
根据5月14日在纽约南区提交的法庭文件，该嫌疑人还被指控于2024年10月在拿骚的巴哈马议会与这名未具名的政客会面，商讨涉及约1000公斤（2200磅）可卡因的交易。文件称，这名政客“可为计划中的可卡因运输提供安保”，并在介绍给一名未具名嫌疑人时被称为“未来合作伙伴”。空难发生一天后，这份文件于5月14日提交。
这些指控是巴哈马遭遇的最新打击。2024年12月，巴哈马警察专员辞职，此前一名警长和两名警员被起诉，美国司法部当时称这是一起“由巴哈马腐败政府官员协助实施的大规模可卡因阴谋”。
美国司法部2024年在起诉巴哈马皇家警察部队总警司时曾表示：“至少自2021年5月以来，贩毒团伙在巴哈马腐败政府官员的帮助和支持下，将数吨可卡因走私至美国。”
反对党自由民族运动党领导人迈克尔·平塔德周一声称，他不相信在空难当天获得连任的巴哈马总理会追究任何人的责任。
“我们曾就本届政府成员与当地及国际警方关注的人员之间的密切关系发出过警告，”他对记者表示。
巴哈马总理办公室发言人拉特雷·拉明周二向美联社提供了一份声明，称政府正“极其严肃地”对待此事。声明表示，当地执法部门将自行展开调查，政府将联系美国官员寻求信息共享并获取所有可用证据，并补充称，巴哈马尚未收到任何确认案件涉及公职人员的官方消息。
“巴哈马政府的立场始终是，一旦确认存在不当行为，任何涉案人员都将被依法追责，绝不徇私，一切后果自负，”声明写道。
美国毒品 Enforcement管理局特别特工迈克尔·科尔曼在其证词中称，多个贩毒组织正“在当地官员的保护下”在巴哈马运输毒品。
他指控这名在空难中幸存的涉毒嫌疑人拥有一家企业，他利用该企业“竞标巴哈马政府发放的建筑合同，并清洗贩毒所得赃款”。
科尔曼表示，这名嫌疑人是上周末佛罗里达近海空难的11名幸存者之一。他被救起后随即被捕。飞行员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司，事故发生前飞机的两台发动机、所有通讯系统和航电设备均失效。
“基本上导航系统、所有无线电都失灵了——我飞行了25年，从未见过这种情况，”43岁的巴哈马飞行员、三个孩子的父亲伊恩·尼克松对哥伦比亚广播公司说。“我尽了全力，飞机上状况百出——我只是尽力让它恢复可控。”
这张由美国空军提供的照片显示，2026年5月12日周二，佛罗里达州墨尔本近海一架民用飞机坠毁后的救援行动正在进行。美国空军/美国国防视觉信息分发服务 美联社 供图
自由民族运动党主席杜安·桑兹博士周一对《拿骚卫报》表示，现任政府正给巴哈马带来耻辱和难堪，他呼吁成立调查委员会。
“巴哈马人民有权知晓真相，”引述他的话称，“我们国家的核心与灵魂危在旦夕。”
U.S. says suspected drug trafficker rescued from plane crash off Florida linked to Bahamas politician
2026-05-20T06:39:00-0400 / CBS/AP
Opposition leaders in the Bahamas are demanding an investigation into a suspected drug trafficker who survived a recent plane crash near Florida and was allegedly found with roughly $30,000, according to a U.S. federal agent. The money was inside a bag labeled with the name of an unidentified high-ranking politician from the archipelago.
The suspect, who was deported to the Bahamas more than a decade ago after being convicted on drug and money laundering charges, is accused of trafficking cocaine through the Bahamas to the U.S.
He also is accused of meeting the unnamed politician in October 2024 at the Bahamian Parliament in Nassau to talk about a deal involving some 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of cocaine, according to a court document filed May 14 in the Southern District of New York, a day after the plane crash. It stated that the politician “could provide security for the planned cocaine shipment” and was introduced to an unnamed suspect as a “future associate.”
The allegations are the latest blow to the Bahamas, whose police commissioner resigned in December 2024 after a sergeant and two officers were indicted in what the U.S. Justice Department at the time called “a massive cocaine conspiracy enabled by corrupt Bahamian government officials.”
“Since at least May 2021, drug traffickers have smuggled tons of cocaine through The Bahamas for importation into the U.S. with the help and support of corrupt Bahamian government officials,” the Justice Department said in 2024 when announcing charges against the chief superintendent of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
Michael Pintard, leader of the opposition Free National Movement party, claimed Monday that he does not believe the Bahamas’ prime minister, who secured reelection the day of the plane crash, will hold anyone accountable.
“We issued warnings about the close relationship between members of this administration and characters of interest to police locally and internationally,” he told reporters.
Latrae Rahming, spokesman for the office of the prime minister, shared a statement with The Associated Press on Tuesday noting that the government is taking the matter “extremely seriously.” It stated that local law enforcement will launch its own inquiry and that the government will reach out to U.S. officials to seek the sharing of information and obtain any available evidence, adding that it has received no official information identifying any public official related to the case.
“The position of the Government of The Bahamas remains wherever wrongdoing is established, any person involved will be held accountable without fear or favor, and the chips will fall where they may,” the statement read.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Michael Coleman asserted in his deposition that multiple drug trafficking organizations are ferrying loads “under the protection of local officials” in the Bahamas.
He alleged that the suspected drug trafficker who survived the plane crash owns a business he uses to “bid on Bahamian government-issued construction contracts and launder his narcotics trafficking proceeds.”
Coleman said the suspect was one of 11 people who survived the crash off the coast of Florida late last week. He was rescued and later arrested. The pilot told CBS News he lost both engines, all communication and avionics in the lead-up to the crash.
“Basically, lost my navigation, all radios — flying over 25 years and I’ve never seen anything like that,” Ian Nixon, the 43-year-old Bahamian pilot and father of three, told CBS News. “I did my best. I had a lot of stuff going on in the aircraft — just trying to get that under control.”
This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows rescue operations underway for survivors of a downed civilian aircraft off the coast of Melbourne, Fla., Tuesday, May 12, 2026. U.S. Air Force/DVIDS via AP
Dr. Duane Sands, chairman of the Free National Movement party, told The Nassau Guardian newspaper on Monday that the current administration was bringing shame and embarrassment to the Bahamas as he called for a commission of inquiry.
“The Bahamian people are entitled to know,” he was quoted as saying. “The heart and soul of our country are at stake.”