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Guatemala: 4 dead in the crash of a plane carrying drugs

2020-09-24T20:36:11.475Z


The crash in Guatemala of a plane carrying drugs between Venezuela and Mexico left four dead, the Guatemalan justice announced Thursday. Read also: Belgium returns to Guatemala a Mayan mask over a thousand years old The aircraft crashed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a remote area, 130 km north of the capital, Guatemala. The plane, coming from the Mexican city of Cuernavaca (80 km south


The crash in Guatemala of a plane carrying drugs between Venezuela and Mexico left four dead, the Guatemalan justice announced Thursday.

Read also: Belgium returns to Guatemala a Mayan mask over a thousand years old

The aircraft crashed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a remote area, 130 km north of the capital, Guatemala.

The plane, coming from the Mexican city of Cuernavaca (80 km south of Mexico City) was returning from Venezuela illegally flying over Guatemalan territory.

Investigators found three kilograms of cocaine and weapons in the wreckage.

Two bodies were found on Wednesday, and two more on Thursday, Guatemalan drug police said in a statement.

26 aircraft identified since the start of the year

According to the first elements of the investigation, one of the victims is a trafficker wanted since his escape in March 2019 from a prison in Guatemala.

The United States had called for his extradition, accusing him of being a member of a drug transport network from Latin America, the Guatemalan interior ministry said.

Since the start of the year, Guatemala has recorded 26 planes carrying out trafficking operations, mostly in remote areas of the country.

Last year 54 aircraft suspected of operating illicit transport were seized.

According to the American drug services, 90% of the cocaine imported into the United States is transported by plane, boat or even handheld submarine, which passes through Mexico and Central America.

Source: lefigaro

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