Cd. de Mexico An aircraft used to
traffic drugs, seized in 2000,as a part of a drug trafficking investigation,
was found to have been physically altered by the PGR agency (atty general
office) . Because of the finding the two
pilots involved and charged in the case, were absolved of all charges, because the alteration rendered the aircraft unusable in the criminal process as
evidence.
Additionally, the alteration will cost the PGR 13.2 million USD
The aircraft was to
have been returned to the legal owner, the firm Servicios (and) Reparaciones
Aeronáuticos, but decided instead to keep the jet and add it to the PGR fleet.
Then in 2006, the jet
was dismantled and sold as scrap for 70,000 pesos. The rightful owner of the
plane filed a lawsuit against the PGR in 2008, and six years later the court
ordered an investigation to determine any illegal administrative activity.
The federal court found
against PGR in November 2015 and ordered the PGR pay 271 million pesos (13.2
USD) in damages/losses caused to Servicios (and) Reparaciones Aeronáuticos.