WASHINGTON — The federal government would pay $8 million to settle the claims of the family of a missionary and her daughter killed when their plane was shot down in Peru, as well as claims by the pilot, under a settlement negotiated by the Bush administration. The agreement won’t be finalized until Congress approves the money.
A Peruvian air force plane attacked the airplane carrying Veronica “Roni” Bowers and her daughter April 20, 2001, after it was targeted by CIA contract employees as a potential drug trafficking flight. Bowers’ husband, Jim, and son, Cory, survived the attack, as did pilot Kevin Donaldson.
The agreement, which was signed March 21, would share the $8 million among Jim Bowers, Cory Bowers, Roni Bowers’ parents and two brothers, and Donaldson and his wife.
Congress will likely approve the bill some time in the next few months.
A second part of the settlement included the Peruvian government, which agreed to purchase a plane for the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism and to reimburse the organization about $150,000 in medical and travel expenses.
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