Man arrested for stealing 192 ventilators meant for critically ill COVID-19 patients in El Salvador

A Florida man has been arrested for stealing nearly 200 ventilators that were meant to help critically ill COVID-19 patients in El Salvador.

A Florida man has been arrested for stealing nearly 200 ventilators that were meant to help critically ill COVID-19 patients in El Salvador, officials said. Yoelvis Denis Hernandez, 42, was arrested Thursday in Del Rio, Texas, on a South Florida indictment, wanted for allegedly stealing a tractor trailer loaded with 192 medical ventilators on Aug. 9, 2020 as they were being transported by truck to Miami International Airport, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced Friday. The ventilators were worth about $3 million, officials said. The indictment charged him, along with an alleged accomplice, Luis Urra Montero, 24, with federal conspiracy, possession of stolen goods being shipped interstate, and theft of government property.