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Mtakumbuka kisa cha Mmarekani aliekuwa akifanya kazi Peace Corps hapa Tanzania, ambaye akiwa amelewa chakari alisababisha kifo cha mwanamke wa Kitanzania. Mtakumbuka pia kwamba maofisa wa ublozi wa Marekani nchini walimtoa polisi kwa madai kwamba alikuwa ni mwana diplomasia, na kumrudisha kisiri Marekani bila kuwaambia maofisa wa Polisi Tanzania.
Leo gazeti moja la Marekani limeandika kwamba Maofisa wa Marekani waliidanganya juu ya huyu mtu kuwa ni mwanadiplomasia na walifanya makusudi kumtorosha ili asichukuliwe hatua kwa kosa la kuua.
Gazeti hilo limedai kuwa Mama Samia alipoulizwa kuhusu msimamo wa serikali juu ya jambo hili hakujibu kitu
Soma habari kamili hapa chini, ila ipo katika lugha ya Kiingereza ni ndefu siwezi kutafsiri
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Tue, October 25, 2022 at 4:05 AM·25 min
Immediately after a Peace Corps employee in Tanzania went on a reckless drunk driving spree in 2019 that left one woman dead and another badly wounded, police in Dar es Salaam initiated an investigation that could have put the U.S. citizen behind bars overseas.
But U.S. State Department officials acted fast to thwart their efforts to hold John Peterson accountable, according to hundreds of pages of documents obtained by USA TODAY.
The records show Dar es Salaam police tried to give Peterson a breathalyzer test but gave up after a U.S. embassy security official asserted that Peterson’s diplomatic immunity exempted him from such testing. Peterson, however, did not have diplomatic immunity.
Police released Peterson from custody and directed him to return to the police station two days later. Instead, U.S. embassy officials that same day put Peterson on a plane and waited to inform their counterparts in Tanzania of the incident until after the plane had left.
“Once they are airborne, I will notify” Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the top U.S. official at the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Inmi Patterson, wrote in an email to staff and State Department central operations. “We would have to handle their reaction/consequences then.”
The State Department and Peace Corps records USA TODAY obtained provide the most complete accounting yet of how U.S. officials spirited Peterson out of Africa and of the destruction Peterson caused on the streets of Dar es Salaam after he brought a sex worker to his government-leased home.
State Department officials declined to be interviewed for this story. After providing the documents to reporters, an agency records specialist said portions had been improperly released without approval of the Peace Corps and asked USA TODAY to destroy them. USA TODAY declined the request.
State Department officials justified Peterson’s hasty departure from Tanzania as medically necessary, saying he needed surgery on his injured hand. But even two months later, embassy officials stonewalled Tanzanian police who contacted the Peace Corps seeking clarity on Peterson’s non-existent immunity status. Emails show a top State Department official cautioned against sending a response, noting that the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had yet to follow up about the crash.
“And that is frankly a good thing,” Janine Young, then the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam, wrote.
James Gathii, a professor of international law at Loyola University Chicago and Vice President of the American Society of International Law, said embassy officials should have known Peterson did not have immunity. He said the fact that U.S. officials waited until Peterson was out of the country to contact the Tanzanian government suggests they knew they were helping him evade justice.
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s office, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tanzanian police did not respond to questions from USA TODAY.
Over 18 months of paid leave, Peterson’s salary, unused vacation time and bonuses added up to more than $258,000.
The people he hurt got far less.
Peterson’s victims each signed settlements with the Peace Corps, receiving payouts in exchange for agreeing to not make any legal claims against the agency or Peterson. The records make no mention of the victims having their own lawyers, and the Peace Corps has declined to say whether they did.
The sex worker received about $2,200. The first woman Peterson hit was paid roughly $6,500.
Issa, who supported her family selling fried cassava and doughnuts at her roadside stand, left behind three children, two of them minors. The family buried her in a cinderblock-walled cemetery and marked the grave with a simple concrete headstone. On Issa’s death certificate, the cause of death was summarized in a single word — unnatural.
The U.S. government’s compensation for her family’s loss: $13,000.
USA TODAY reporter Emily LeCoz contributed to this article.
Tricia L. Nadolny and Nick Penzenstadler are reporters for USA TODAY. Tricia can be reached at tnadolny@usatoday.com or on Twitter at @TriciaNadolny. Nick can be reached at npenz@usatoday.com or @npenzenstadler, or on Signal at 720-507-5273.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How feds blocked US citizen's arrest after he killed woman in Africa
Leo gazeti moja la Marekani limeandika kwamba Maofisa wa Marekani waliidanganya juu ya huyu mtu kuwa ni mwanadiplomasia na walifanya makusudi kumtorosha ili asichukuliwe hatua kwa kosa la kuua.
Gazeti hilo limedai kuwa Mama Samia alipoulizwa kuhusu msimamo wa serikali juu ya jambo hili hakujibu kitu
Soma habari kamili hapa chini, ila ipo katika lugha ya Kiingereza ni ndefu siwezi kutafsiri
Records reveal feds misled Tanzanian police after US citizen killed woman in Africa
State Department officials told police that Peace Corps worker John Peterson had diplomatic immunity. He didn't.
Records reveal feds misled Tanzanian police after US citizen killed woman in Africa
Tricia L. Nadolny and Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAYTue, October 25, 2022 at 4:05 AM·25 min
Immediately after a Peace Corps employee in Tanzania went on a reckless drunk driving spree in 2019 that left one woman dead and another badly wounded, police in Dar es Salaam initiated an investigation that could have put the U.S. citizen behind bars overseas.
But U.S. State Department officials acted fast to thwart their efforts to hold John Peterson accountable, according to hundreds of pages of documents obtained by USA TODAY.
The records show Dar es Salaam police tried to give Peterson a breathalyzer test but gave up after a U.S. embassy security official asserted that Peterson’s diplomatic immunity exempted him from such testing. Peterson, however, did not have diplomatic immunity.
Police released Peterson from custody and directed him to return to the police station two days later. Instead, U.S. embassy officials that same day put Peterson on a plane and waited to inform their counterparts in Tanzania of the incident until after the plane had left.
“Once they are airborne, I will notify” Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the top U.S. official at the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Inmi Patterson, wrote in an email to staff and State Department central operations. “We would have to handle their reaction/consequences then.”
The State Department and Peace Corps records USA TODAY obtained provide the most complete accounting yet of how U.S. officials spirited Peterson out of Africa and of the destruction Peterson caused on the streets of Dar es Salaam after he brought a sex worker to his government-leased home.
State Department officials declined to be interviewed for this story. After providing the documents to reporters, an agency records specialist said portions had been improperly released without approval of the Peace Corps and asked USA TODAY to destroy them. USA TODAY declined the request.
State Department officials justified Peterson’s hasty departure from Tanzania as medically necessary, saying he needed surgery on his injured hand. But even two months later, embassy officials stonewalled Tanzanian police who contacted the Peace Corps seeking clarity on Peterson’s non-existent immunity status. Emails show a top State Department official cautioned against sending a response, noting that the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had yet to follow up about the crash.
“And that is frankly a good thing,” Janine Young, then the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam, wrote.
James Gathii, a professor of international law at Loyola University Chicago and Vice President of the American Society of International Law, said embassy officials should have known Peterson did not have immunity. He said the fact that U.S. officials waited until Peterson was out of the country to contact the Tanzanian government suggests they knew they were helping him evade justice.
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s office, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tanzanian police did not respond to questions from USA TODAY.
Over 18 months of paid leave, Peterson’s salary, unused vacation time and bonuses added up to more than $258,000.
The people he hurt got far less.
Peterson’s victims each signed settlements with the Peace Corps, receiving payouts in exchange for agreeing to not make any legal claims against the agency or Peterson. The records make no mention of the victims having their own lawyers, and the Peace Corps has declined to say whether they did.
The sex worker received about $2,200. The first woman Peterson hit was paid roughly $6,500.
Issa, who supported her family selling fried cassava and doughnuts at her roadside stand, left behind three children, two of them minors. The family buried her in a cinderblock-walled cemetery and marked the grave with a simple concrete headstone. On Issa’s death certificate, the cause of death was summarized in a single word — unnatural.
The U.S. government’s compensation for her family’s loss: $13,000.
USA TODAY reporter Emily LeCoz contributed to this article.
Tricia L. Nadolny and Nick Penzenstadler are reporters for USA TODAY. Tricia can be reached at tnadolny@usatoday.com or on Twitter at @TriciaNadolny. Nick can be reached at npenz@usatoday.com or @npenzenstadler, or on Signal at 720-507-5273.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How feds blocked US citizen's arrest after he killed woman in Africa
