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September 29, 2007 10:57 AM |
CIA Plane Crash lands in Mexico with a cargo of cocaine
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WMR has learned from knowledgeable European sources that a Gulfstream II that crash landed 1.3 miles from Tikokob in Yucatan, Mexico after being chased by Mexican military helicopters for flying illegally into Mexican airspace was one of the planes chartered to the CIA for the renditioning of kidnapped prisoners. The crash landing took place on September 24. The tail number of the Gulfstream is N987SA.
Mexican soldiers found no bodies at the crash site but did discover 132 bags containing 3.3 metric tons of cocaine. The origination of the Gulfstream's flight is unknown but it was destined for Cancun when it crash landed. Police later said they had arrested one passenger who was on board the plane.
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Long-time readers will recall last year's enigma of the spooked-up Skyway jet, found on a Mexican tarmac with five tons of cocaine aboard. Now we have the sequel: A Gulfstream II jet, loaded with a similar amount of cocaine (accounts vary, but four tons is the most commonly-cited figure) crashed in the Mexican jungle near Cancun on September 26.
According to McClatchy reporters Jay Root and Kevin G. Hall, the coke belonged to the notorious -- and, in some quarters, celebrated -- drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who has a Robin Hood-eque reputation of helping the poor. The flight was delivering drugs from Colombia to El Chapo's headquarters in Mexico.
A number of oddities commend this incident to our respectful attention, not least among them the plane's history: The European press has reported that this same Gulfstream II, tail number N987SA, took part in the CIA's controversial "rendition" program, which transported prisoners to torture-friendly lands.
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