纽约时报中文网 - 中英对照版-中英试图在中国大使馆外引爆爆炸物的美国律师认罪
August 5, 2024 3 min 592 words
《纽约时报》的这篇报道主要讲述了一名美国律师因在中国驻美大使馆外企图引爆炸药而被起诉认罪的消息。评论如下： 该报道在描述事实方面较为客观，但存在一些偏见和问题。首先，报道未提及嫌疑人的作案动机，使读者无法了解其行为背后的原因。其次，文章过分强调了罗德里格斯律师的身份，试图制造一种“美国律师试图袭击中国大使馆”的冲击效果。此外，文章还提到了2018年北京美国大使馆外发生的爆炸事件，以及2022年西班牙美国大使馆收到信件炸弹的事件，这可能暗示中国驻美大使馆事件与这些事件有关，但报道并未提供足够证据支持这一关联。该报道也未提及美国法院和检方的回应，使文章的公正性受到影响。 综上所述，该报道在描述事实方面较为客观，但存在一定偏见，未能全面中立地呈现事件全貌，在一定程度上延续了西方媒体对中国的负面报道倾向。
A Florida lawyer pleaded guilty on Friday to placing a bag of explosives near the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and trying to detonate it with a rifle, according to court records.
根据法庭记录，佛罗里达州一名律师周五认罪，承认自己在中国驻华盛顿大使馆附近放置了一袋爆炸物，并试图用步枪引爆。
This was not the first time the lawyer, Christopher Rodriguez, had attempted a detonation, prosecutors said. He had previously set off explosives in 2022 that caused “significant damage” to a statue of the Communist leaders Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong in San Antonio, Texas, by shooting at canisters of explosives with a rifle, according to court records.
检方表示，这并非这位名叫克里斯托弗·罗德里格斯的律师第一次企图引爆。法庭记录显示，2022年他曾在得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥引爆炸药，给一尊共产主义领导人列宁和毛泽东的雕塑造成了“重大破坏”，那一次他也是用步枪向装有爆炸物的罐子射击。
But when Mr. Rodriguez, 45, of Panama City, Fla., employed a similar tactic by shooting at a 15-pound backpack of explosives that he dropped near the fence of the Chinese Embassy on Sept. 25, 2023, he missed, and the explosives did not detonate, according to court records.
现年45岁的罗德里格斯来自佛罗里达州巴拿马城。法庭记录显示，2023年9月25日，他在中国大使馆的围栏附近放置了一个装有约6.8公斤爆炸物的背包，接着准备采用类似手段，但没有射中目标，炸药未能引爆。
Mr. Rodriguez pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to damaging property occupied by a foreign government, using explosive materials to cause malicious damage to federal property, and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm.
罗德里格斯在美国哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院承认犯下破坏外国政府财产、使用爆炸物恶意损害联邦财产，以及接收或持有未登记枪械等罪嫌。
The charges cover his attack on the statue in San Antonio and his attempt to damage the Chinese Embassy.
这些指控包括他对圣安东尼奥雕像的袭击，以及他试图破坏中国大使馆。
On Sept. 23 and 24, Mr. Rodriguez drove from Florida to Washington and, in the early hours of Sept. 25, placed a backpack of explosives, including ammonium nitrate and aluminum, near the embassy, according to federal prosecutors.
据联邦检察官称，9月23日和24日，罗德里格斯从佛罗里达州开车前往华盛顿，并于9月25日凌晨在中国大使馆附近放置了一个装有炸药的背包，炸药成分包括硝酸铵和铝。
When he failed to detonate the bag, law enforcement officers found the backpack and began to investigate, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement.
特区联邦检察官办公室在声明中表示，在他未能引爆炸药后，执法人员发现了背包，并开始调查。
Images captured from security cameras showed Mr. Rodriguez wearing a mask and carrying materials that linked him to the attempted attack on the embassy, prosecutors said.
检方表示，监控摄像头拍摄的画面显示，罗德里格斯戴着面具，手里拿着与他袭击中国大使馆未遂事件有关的物品。
DNA on the backpack matched Mr. Rodriguez’s DNA, which was on file from an arrest in 2021 after California Highway Patrol officers found two firearms and the explosive Tannerite in his car, court records and prosecutors said.
法庭记录和检方称，背包上的DNA与罗德里格斯相符，2021年，加州公路巡警在他的车里发现了两支枪械和泰纳莱特炸药后，将他的DNA信息记录在案。
Investigators were also able to connect Mr. Rodriguez to the 2022 explosion that damaged the statue “Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head” in San Antonio, which depicts Mao on top of Lenin’s head.
调查人员还发现，罗德里格斯与2022年圣安东尼奥的“毛小姐试图在列宁头顶保持平衡”塑像爆炸案有关，这件雕像作品描绘了毛泽东站在列宁头顶的形象。
What prompted Mr. Rodriguez to target the embassy and the statue was unclear.
目前尚不清楚罗德里格斯袭击中国大使馆和那件雕塑作品的动机。
Mr. Rodriguez was a criminal defense lawyer who practiced in Panama City and Pensacola, Fla., according to court records. On Saturday evening, a lawyer based in Panama City by his name was listed on the Florida State Bar website as “eligible to practice law in Florida.”
根据法庭记录，罗德里格斯是一名刑事辩护律师，在佛罗里达州的巴拿马城和彭萨科拉执业。根据周六晚在佛罗里达州律师协会网站查到的信息，在该州巴拿马城有同名律师列在“有资格在佛罗里达州执业”名单上。
The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday. Diane Shrewsbury and Eugene Ohm, public defenders who represented Mr. Rodriguez, also did not respond to a request for comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment.
中国驻华盛顿大使馆周六没有立即回应置评请求。代表罗德里格斯的公设辩护人黛安·什鲁斯伯里和尤金·欧姆也没有回应置评请求。美国检察官办公室拒绝置评。
Mr. Rodriguez agreed with prosecutors that a prison sentence of seven to 10 years, followed by three years of supervised release, “is the appropriate sentence for the offense,” according to a plea agreement.
根据认罪协议，罗德里格斯同意检方的意见，即7到10年监禁外加3年监督释放，“是对该罪行的适当判决。”
Chief Judge James E. Boasberg is scheduled to sentence Mr. Rodriguez on Oct. 28.
首席法官詹姆斯·博斯伯格定于10月28日对罗德里格斯进行宣判。
In 2018, a man was detained for detonating an explosive device made from fireworks outside the American Embassy in Beijing. And, in 2022, at least six letter bombs were mailed to several offices, including the American and the Ukrainian Embassies in Spain.
2018年，一名男子因在美国驻北京大使馆外引爆由烟花制成的爆炸装置而被捕。在2022年，至少有六枚信件炸弹被寄到不同办公地点，包括美国和乌克兰驻西班牙大使馆。