Victor Bout umucuruzi w’urupfu menya amateka ye

Victor Bout, umwe mu bacuruzi bamamaye cyane mu gutwara imbunda ku isi, yarekuwe ngo areke kuba mu nsi y’uburinzi bwa Amerika mu rwego rwo guhererekanya imfungwa na Brittney Griner, rurangiranwa mu mukino wa basketball w’Umunyamerikakazi. Griner yari afunzwe kuva muri Gashyantare nyuma y’aho abayobozi b’ikibuga cy’indege i Moscow bamufatiye amavuta y’urumogi mu mutwaro we ubwo yasubiraga muri Amerika nyuma yo gukinira mu Burusiya.

Mu mezi make ashize, impuha zari zakwiye mu bitangazamakuru byo muri Amerika ko abofisiye bakuru bo mu nzego za leta bashakaga ko kurekurwa kwa Griner kwabaho akaguranwa n’uburenganzira bwo kwishyira ukizana kwa Bout. Ubutwari bwa Bout, wahoze ari umwofisiye mu gisirikare cy’ikirere cy’Abasoviyeti, bwamamaye cyane ndetse bugaterwaho filime ya Hollywood yise Lord of War, ikamuha izina ry’urwenya riteye ubwoba.

Bout yaje gufatwa muri Thailand mu 2010, nyuma y’igikorwa gikomeye cya gisirikare cy’Ishami Rishinzwe Kurwanya Ibiyobyabwenge rya Amerika (DEA). Abavoka bava muri DEA biyise abaguzi baturutse ku Basirikare b’Impinduramatwara ba Colombia, bazwi nka FARC, bagize uruhare mu kumufata. Bout yivugaga ko ari umucuruzi ukora ubushabitsi bwemewe mpuzamahanga, ariko yaje guhamwa n’amakosa yo kugerageza guha intagondwa zo muri Amerika y’Epfo intwaro, ndetse n’ibindi byaha byo gutegura umugambi wo kwica Abanyamerika, gukwirakwiza ibisasu bihanura indege, no gutera inkunga umutwe w’iterabwoba.

Mu rubanza rwe rwamaze imyaka itatu, byavuzwe ko izo ntwaro zakabaye zarifashishijwe mu kwica abapilote ba Amerika bakorana n’abofisiye ba Colombia. Bout yaje gukatirwa igifungo cy’imyaka 25 muri gereza mu kwezi kwa Mata 2012. Yakatiwe nubwo yari yarahakanye ibyo aregwa byose, avuga ko yagiye afasha leta zinyuranye mu bikorwa byo gutwara intwaro mu buryo bwemewe, harimo na leta y’Ubufaransa mu gihe cya jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda.

Bout yavukiye muri Tajikistan yategekwaga n’Abasoviyeti, akomereza ubucuruzi bwe bw’intwaro nyuma y’ihirikwa ry’icyari Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Abasoviyeti mu ntango z’imyaka ya 1990. Yavugwaga ko yagurishaga intwaro mu bihugu byinshi byarimo imvururu n’intambara, cyane cyane muri Afurika no mu Burasirazuba bwo Hagati.

Ubutegetsi bw’Uburusiya bwashakaga ko Bout yasubizwa mu gihugu cye kuva yakatirwa mu mwaka wa 2011. Amerika yakoze uko ishoboye ngo imufate mu myaka ya za 2000, ariko ntibyari byoroshye kubera uburyo yabaga yigengesereye. Nyuma yo gufatwa muri Thailand mu 2008, byabaye intandaro y’urubanza rwe rwo muri Amerika.

Bout yarekuwe mu rwego rwo guhererekanya imfungwa na Brittney Griner mu mpera za 2022, nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubufatanye hagati ya Amerika n’Uburusiya mu gihe cyo kurekura abantu bafungiye mu bihugu byombi.