Mexican Plane Destroyed in Venezuela Belonged to Sinaloa Drug Cartel Fox News Latino
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The plane was "immobilized" near a village close to the Venezuela-Colombia border, said Vladimir Padrino, the chief of the Armed Forces Operation Strategic Command in Venezuela. (@vladimirpadrino/El Universal)

A Mexican airplane that was forced to land and destroyed in Venezuela on Nov. 4 was being used by the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of Mexico's leading newspapers said Monday.

The plane, a twin-engine Hawker 25, was forced to land in a part of Venezuela near the border with Colombia for not having received authorization to fly into Venezuelan airspace.

Once on the ground, the occupants of the plane fled and the aircraft was set on fire. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that the plane was carrying a shipment of cocaine.

The plane had been bought three weeks ago by Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez, reputed chief money launderer for the Sinaloa cartel, Reforma daily said Monday, citing official sources and judicial documents.

The criminal group is headed by fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the most-wanted drug trafficker in Mexico and the United States.

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