On Thursday, attorneys for Duviel and his sister Aylen Aleman unveiled a lawsuit filed against multiple companies including 21 Air, the plane operator; Jim Crane, that company\u2019s controller and also owner of the Houston Astros; Amazon.com;<\/a> Amazon Air; Amazon Logistics; Titan Aviation Leasing; pilot Joseph Carroll and co-pilot Jaime Felipe Silva Molina. None of the parties were immediately available to provide comment.<\/p>\n Amazon issued a statement after the crash.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the tragic incident last weekend, we\u2019ve spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances,\u201d Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said in a Sept. 13 statement. That led to the decision to suspend work with 21 Air.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll continue working to support the investigation and everyone affected,\u201d Nantel said.<\/p>\n The lawsuit on behalf of the Aleman family is for wrongful death and alleges negligence on the part of several parties.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are so many aviation errors that took place,\u201d Judd Rosen, lead attorney in the case and partner with Goldberg & Rosen, said in a briefing on Thursday at the firm\u2019s office in downtown Miami.<\/p>\n The complaint alleges that 21 Air<\/a> is a company with a known history of safety problems.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then you\u2019ve got the largest distributor of goods in the universe and in the history of the world in Amazon,\u201d Rosen said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can connect the dots and show that Amazon is involved with the contractor in a way that they control them, then they need to be responsible for them.\u201d<\/p>\n The goal of the lawsuit, the plaintiff\u2019s attorney said, is to bring accountability to the tragic incident.<\/p>\n Almost three weeks since the crash, \u201cand to this day, no one has accepted any responsibility for what happened,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cThere\u2019s been no one admitting to any type of error.\u201d<\/p>\n The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Sept. 11, alleges: \u201cFor years before the crash, 21 Air had been warned by its own pilots, its former chief pilot, and an outside safety consultant that it was operating with a suppressed safety culture, exhausted crews, and aircraft carrying known defects.\u201d<\/p>\n It noted that \u201csafety reports were buried at the direction of senior management.\u201d And it says, \u201cNone of this was hidden from Amazon or from the owners of the aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n Duviel and his father arrived in Miami from Cuba about 10 years ago, \u201choping for a better future,\u201d the son said on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a beautiful person,\u201d said Duviel, fighting back tears. \u201cAnytime I called him to say I have a problem, he was there immediately offering to help.\u201d<\/p>\n They spent Father\u2019s Days together and the birthdays of Duviel\u2019s two children. Rolando was a doting grandfather.<\/p>\n Now Duviel grapples with survivor\u2019s guilt. He sees pictures of the Ford Ecoline van and knows where he would have likely been seated.<\/p>\n \u201cThat really compounds the loss,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cIt\u2019s an important aspect of our case.\u201d<\/p>\n Aylen Aleman, Rolando\u2019s daughter, lives in Brazil. She couldn\u2019t get to the United States to mourn her father together with her brother.<\/p>\n On Zoom, Aylen described her father as \u201cvirtually the center of my life\u201d at Thursday\u2019s briefing.<\/p>\n \u201cMy life has been paralyzed.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to Rolando Aleman, the others killed were Julio Cesar Pineda Amiot, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Carlos Acosta Fajardo and Javierk Reyes Quevedo.<\/p>\n Several other lawsuits have been filed.<\/p>\n The family of Julio Cesar Pineda Amiot<\/a>, 75 and a great-grandfather when he died, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court and hired Coral Gables firm Padron & Lopez-Trigo.<\/p>\n The widow of the driver of the van filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Sept. 9, alleging negligence against several companies and the pilots.<\/p>\n Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo<\/a>, 53, was driving the cleaning company\u2019s van when the Boeing 767 ran off the runway and struck his vehicle.<\/p>\n His widow, Yaraisi Santiso Morejon, who also represents Rodriguez\u2019s estate in the lawsuit, alleges that negligence contributed to her husband\u2019s death and that the incident was avoidable. The couple came to Miami from Cuba in 2011. Both worked multiple jobs. They have a 20-year-old son<\/p>\n![\"View](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIA_201MIAplanecrash16NEWPPP.JPG\" "\\"MIA_201MIAplanecrash16NEWPPP.JPG\\"")
The crashed Amazon cargo plane at Miami International Airport. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n![\"Duviel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790515461_978_IMG_2313.jpeg\" "\\"IMG_2313.jpeg\\"")
Duviel Aleman, center, describes his father, answers questions on Sept. 25, 2026; lead attorney Judd Rosen, right, and Brett, left. Vinod Sreeharsha vsreeharsha@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n