Two Mexican nationals died in the crash of a small plane in Venezuela that, according to the Government of that country, was used for drug trafficking.
The Venezuelan authorities indicated on social networks that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and the citizen security forces located this “crashed aircraft, used for illicit drug trafficking.”
“Two fatalities were found in the accident. The relevant bodies continue to investigate the case,” added the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, which shared some photographs of the plane.
Venezuela’s Minister of the Interior and Justice, Remigio Ceballos, detailed – on the same social network – that the aircraft operated “clandestinely for the international trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances.”
The official did not offer more details about the victims, so the sex or age of both is unknown.
Comisiones de la #FANB y los órganos de seguridad ciudadana en el sector El Chaparral, edo. Portuguesa, localizaron aeronave siniestrada utilizada para el tráfico ilícito de drogas.#VenezuelaUnidaAvanza pic.twitter.com/38NQxURVyz
— MPPRIJP (@MijpVzla) July 14, 2024
The country’s security forces report, with some regularity, cases of small planes intercepted and disabled due to their links to drug trafficking, without details about the fate of the crew members.
In June of last year, the Venezuelan Armed Forces shot down an aircraft from Cozumel, Mexico, bound for Curacao, which presumably entered the airspace of that country illegally, as it did not have the corresponding permit, for which it was declared “hostile” and shot down.
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