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| Date: | Friday 1 April 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Unknown |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown/Illegal Operation |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, in the Sierra de las Minas -
 Guatemala
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Guatemala detected an aircraft in the evening hours on 31Mar2022 until it faded off radar in the vicinity of Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, in the Sierra de las Minas. The following day, the Guatemalan Army was able to locate parts of the unidentified aircraft. They also found what appeared to be human remains as well as 400 packages of narcotics.
Sources:
https://www.guatevision.com/nacionales/los-mensajes-en-los-paquetes-de-supuesta-droga-encontrados-en-una-aeronave-accidentada-en-purulha-breaking?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SocialEcho&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1648929795
https://www.prensalibre.com/ciudades/baja-verapaz/rolls-royce-y-707-los-mensajes-en-los-paquetes-de-supuesta-droga-encontrados-en-una-aeronave-en-purulha-breaking/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SocialEcho&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1648929773
https://www.soy502.com/articulo/aeronave-posibles-ilicitos-estrello-sierra-minas-50172
https://elperiodico.com.gt/politica/seguridad/2022/04/02/ejercito-localiza-una-avioneta-y-400-paquetes-de-cocaina-en-purulha-baja-verapaz/
Media:
Radares de la #FAG, detectaron ingreso ilegal de aeronave al espacio aéreo nacional. Unidades de las Fuerzas de Tierra del #EjércitoGT localizaron la aeronave siniestrada, paquetes con posibles ilícitos y restos humanos de la tripulación, en cercanías de Sierra de las Minas. pic.twitter.com/imRh4OX5OO
— Ejército Guatemala (@Ejercito_GT) April 2, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2022 05:47 | bobsuruncle | Added |
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