Washington, 15 november (EFE).-de Britten oliemaatschappij BP overeengekomen vandaag te pleiten schuldig aan de 14 strafbare feiten en een boete van record in Verenigde Staten door de explosie van zijn platform in de Golf van Mexico in 2010, waardoor de grootste lekkage in de geschiedenis van het land en waarom wordt betalen 4,5 miljard dollar.

de British Petroleum, die bediend het platform Deepwater Horizon, overeengekomen om te pleiten schuldig aan de 14 criminele telt, met inbegrip van de dood van 11 van haar medewerkers in die ramp van proporties niet eerder gezien.

de minister van Justitie van Verenigde Staten, Eric Holder, kondigde de deal in New Orleans (Louisiana), een van de Staten meest beïnvloed door de olieramp, en zei dat “Dit is niet het einde markeren van onze inspanningen” en ga verder met andere oorzaken gerelateerde.

Vakgroep U.S. Justice got BP undertakes to pay $ 4 billion over five years, while another 525 million will be paid to the securities market Commission (SEC, in English) by hiding information to investors.

in a statement, the Chief Executive of BP, Bob Dudley, apologized for the “tragic loss of life” and the impact of the spill in the Gulf region, but said that they responded to financially supporting the efforts of recovery of the area and paying “legitimate claims”.

to deal with payments, BP increased its provisions in their ledger accounts, 38.100 million dollars, currently at 3,850 million dollars additional.

Holder recalled that this is “the largest in the history of United States criminal resolution” and becomes “a legacy of the work of a number of investigators, prosecutors, personnel, worked tirelessly in this complex investigation”.

the most of the money, $ 2.4 billion, will go to a fund dedicated to coastal and environmental recovery that caused the filtration of well that nourished the platform, 1,500 meters deep, which was emanating raw during three months.

other 350 million dollars will be invested in technologies for disaster prevention and containment of spills and 1,000 million will go into a Fund for compensation of the coast guard.

to declare himself guilty, BP is now committed to be monitored and audited over four years by officials in their drilling operations and exploration in the Gulf, to make sure that not again repeated negligence that led to the explosion of the well in April 2010.

for Holder, the resolution sets a historical precedent that makes it clear that individuals within a company are also responsible for crimes and said trust in that the sentence “change business culture”.

< p> “Do not call error, although the company is guilty, were individuals who had committed crimes”, said Holder, who recalled that it has processed two supervisors of high-ranking onboard the platform.

in addition, will be also processed a Vice-President of BP, David Rainey, by obstructing Congress on disaster research and giving false statements to members of the justice.

other federal cases against BP will follow its course, as well as civil lawsuits against the company will do so even without solving.

Holder recalled, however, that you should be recognized in favour of BP to respond later to the landfill with a Fund of $ 20 billion to help the recovery of the coastal ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico and a return to the normality of the business.

“I hope that this decision will send a clear message to those that allow negligent behavior and who know how fines will be paid,” said Holder.

despite historische boete met BP, die ongeveer 24.000 miljoen, in 2011 de oliemaatschappij gewonnen gesloten in zak vandaag in positieve en niet worden beïnvloed door diep een boete reeds verwachting.

bestand foto genomen op 19 juni 2010 weergegeven: de olie-platform van BP in de Golf van Mexico om te branden koolwaterstoffen en aldus te voorkomen dat eventuele brand wordt omringd. WireImage /