Feds: Engineer intentionally derailed train near Navy hospital ship

LOS ANGELES — A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers and fences before coming to rest more than 250 yards (230 meters) from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release.

Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one count of train wrecking, prosecutors said. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

Moreno acknowledged in two separate interviews with law enforcement that he intentionally derailed and crashed the train near the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.

“You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to,” Moreno told investigators, according to the complaint. “People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”

In an interview with FBI agents, Moreno stated that “he did it out of the desire to ‘wake people up,’” according to an affidavit.

Moreno said he was suspicious of the Mercy and believed it had an alternate purpose related to COVID-19 or a government takeover, an affidavit states. Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack.

The engineer wasn’t a port employee but apparently was working for Pacific Harbor Line Inc., a train company that handles cargo in the port and connects to major railroad lines, Sanfield said. The company didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/1/eduardo-moreno-intentionally-derailed-train-near-u/


Happened on 3/31/20
3+31+20+20=74
3+31+2+0+2+0=38
3+3+1+2+0+2+0=11
3+31+20=54

"Eduardo Moreno" = 888 (English Sumerian)
"Eduardo Moreno" = 67 (Full Reduction)
"Eduardo Moreno" = 599 (Jewish) 109th prime
"wake people up" = 56 (Full Reduction)

Tue, 31 March 2020 = 6th of Nisan, 5780
ו׳ בְּנִיסָן תש״פ
Parashat Tzav (in Diaspora)
6+1+57+80=144