COCAINE IN FUJIMORI'S PLANE

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>FROM THE HORSE'S OWN MOUTH - VOICE OF AMERICA:

>DATE=5/16/96
>TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
>NUMBER=2-197331
>TITLE=PERU DRUGS (L ONLY)
>BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK
>DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
>CONTENT=
>
>VOICED AT:
>
>INTRO:  OFFICIALS IN PERU HAVE CONFIRMED THAT A MILITARY AIDE OF
>PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI IS AMONG THOSE UNDER INVESTIGATION ON
>SUSPICION OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.  WE HAVE DETAILS FROM
>CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MEEK IN OUR SOUTH AMERICA BUREAU.
>
>TEXT:  PERUVIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDER LUIS ESCARCENA WAS SCHEDULED
>TO PILOT A DEE-CEE-EIGHT TO THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE LAST
>SUNDAY WITH EQUIPMENT FOR REPAIR.  SENIOR AIR FORCE OFFICIALS
>ORDERED AN INSPECTION OF THE PLANE LAST FRIDAY AT AN AIRBASE NEXT
>TO LIMA'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER IT FLEW IN FROM A ZONE IN
>NORTHERN PERU USED FOR SHIPPING DRUGS.  THE INSPECTION TURNED UP
>174 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE.
>
>THE PLANE WAS FORMERLY USED AS PRESIDENT FUJIMORI'S OFFICIAL
>AIRCRAFT.  COMMANDER ESCARCENA IS ONE OF SIX OFFICERS LISTED AS
>PRESIDENTIAL MILITARY AIDES.
>
>COMMANDER ESCARCENA, THREE COLONELS, AND A RETIRED CAPTAIN ARE
>BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE CASE.


Committee Sol Peru London
Commission for the Celebration
of the 16 Anniversary of the
People's War in Peru



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