The FANB pointed out that the plane “was used by transnational groups for drug and arms trafficking on the border” that the country shares with Colombia An “invading plane” from the Mexican island of Cozumel was destroyed by the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela in the state of Zulia (west, bordering Colombia), reported this Thursday the strategic operational commander of the military institution, Domingo Hernández Lárez.
“It is a twin-engine Gulfstream plane, white, with license plates V3-GRS, which was detected by Venezuelan radars entering the national airspace with the transponder (telecommunications device) off and without permission”, the military detailed in his account on the social network X.
He assured that this plane came from Cozumel and that, when detected, a “defense plan” was activated to “destroy the hostile aircraft”.
The FANB presumes that the plane “was used by transnational groups for drug and arms trafficking on the border” that the country shares with Colombia.
Hernández Lárez accompanied the information with photographs in which the plane can be seen in full flight and, later, other images that show the remains of the aircraft in flames in a wooded area.
In November, the Venezuelan military forces immobilized another “hostile” aircraft in the state of Apure.
Months before, in August, the military chief reported that the Armed Force destroyed two other planes linked to drug trafficking and illegal mining in the Amazonian state of Bolivar, bordering Brazil.
Since the beginning of 2023, and until August 29, Venezuela disabled a total of 38 invading planes linked to drug trafficking and illegal mining, a scourge that the Government seeks to eradicate in the Amazon.
Source: Entre Veredas
