MIAMI – Two Florida men are facing federal charges that allege they stole nearly 200 ventilators the United States was shipping to El Salvador to help the Central American country treat coronavirus patients.Yoelvis Hernandez and Luis Montero stole a trailer containing 192 ventilators from a Palm Beach County parking lot on Aug.
9 as the driver was transporting them to Miami International Airport, where they would be shipped to El Salvador, prosecutors said Friday.[TRENDING: First doses of vaccine sent across US | OK if drivers can’t see out rear window? | Pilot killed in Fla.
gyroscope crash]Court records do not indicate if the men have attorneys.Ventilators are used to treat coronavirus patients when they cannot breathe on their own..