SAN PEDRO SULA.
Some 600 kilos of cocaine transported by plane was burned after an accident trying to land in the border area The Mosquitia, where about 60 men were waiting to transport the cargo.
The plane was detected upon entering Honduran airspace through The Mosquitia, so the authorities have activated the security protocol.
Yesterday at 1:25 am, after being tracked by helicopters, the ship fell into a tree near where they were waiting, spilling fuel, causing it to catch fire on the ground.
The pilots managed to get out of the plane and took a minimal amount of drugs because the fire did not give them time to get more, according to the studies.
The plane and most of the drug transport were burned near the Claura River, the jurisdiction of Iriona, Colón, adjacent to La Mosquitia.
Military elements traveling by helicopter were fired upon by armed individuals who were part of a group of about 60 men waiting to disembark and transport the cargo.
Agent Investigations anti-drugs point out that the plane came from South America and was brought to Honduras for drug trafficking groups entering The Mosquitia.
Yesterday teams of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (Atic) arrived at the area where the Piper plane was burned, white with red stripes, leaving only the rear part of it.
One of the wings had the initials IGR.
Most of the front of the plane was burned, as well as the part where the pounds came from cocaine.
In the area, the researchers collected several plastic drums that they used to transport fuel, lights, fire extinguishers, axes, machetes, and bags.
The plane was expected by the group of men in vehicles in charge of carrying the away; but the pilots trying to land on a plain hit the tree.