[Marxism] CIA kidnap plane used to transport coke (mainstream news item)

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A private jet that crash-landed almost one year  
ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously  
been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report said here  
Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European  
Parliament.
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The plane was carrying Colombian drugs for the fugitive leader of  
Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman, when it crash-landed  
in the Yucatan peninsula on September 24, El Universal reported.

The daily said it had obtained documents from the United States and  
the European Parliament which "show that that plane flew several  
times to Guantanamo, Cuba, presumably to transfer terrorism suspects."

It said the European Parliament was investigating the private Grumman  
Gulfstream II, registered by the European Organization for the Safety  
of Air Navigation, for suspected use in CIA "rendition" flights in  
which prisoners are covertly transferred to a third country or US-run  
detention centers.

It also said the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) logbook  
registered that the plane had traveled between US territory and the  
US military base in Guantanamo.

It said the FAA registered its last owner as Clyde O'Connor in  
Pompano Beach, Florida.

Extraordinary rendition has been harshly criticized since it began in  
the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/wl_afp/mexicouscrimedrugs

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