DOJ Indicts Ex-Florida West Vice-President and Others for Price-Fixing in Air Transportation Industry

The Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, indicted Ex-Florida West Vice President Rodrigo Hernan Hidalgo, Luis Agusto Afanador, and Jaime Rueda Sr. in the Southern District of Flordia for conspiracy to restrain trade under the Sherman Act. The conspiracy operated in early 2002, allegedly fixing the prices of peak season fuel and security surcharges for cargo rates on air shipments between Columbia and Miami. This indictment comes from a DOJ investigation into price-fixing within the air transportation industry.

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