With their repeated failures in two Venezuelan states,[REF] the Venezuelan owners opted to lease the three RJ85s they had to Bolivian entrepreneurs; in a cost-cutting move, the Bolivian company adopted the name already painted on the aircraft: LaMia [REF].
In the aftermath of the crash of Flight 2933, DGAC, Bolivia's aviation authority, suspended LaMia's operating license,[REF] and the Bolivian Labor Ministry stated that LaMia was not a registered business with the government [REF].