Monthly Archives: July 2013

Costa Rica’s President flew narco-jet to Hugo Chavez funeral

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Daniel Hopsicker

An American-registered drug plane has been plying the airspace over Central and South America carrying cargoes of cocaine for a good long while (authorities admit they’ve been “investigating” it since 2011) without apparent incident, until recently, when a newspaper in … Continue reading →

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DC-9 ‘Cocaine One’ kingpin’s secret conviction

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Daniel Hopsicker

It was the biggest drug seizure on an airplane in Mexican history. It led directly to the forced sale of Wachovia, then America's 4th largest bank. And it threatened to become America’s most notorious drug scandal since Iran Contra. Yet … Continue reading →

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