US Apologizes for Violating Venezuelan Airspace, Calls for Anti-Drug Cooperation
US Apologizes for Violating Venezuelan Airspace, Calls for Anti-Drug Cooperation
Published On: Wed, Nov 18th, 2015
Lucas Koerner (VA) : US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief John Kelly admitted yesterday that a US intelligence plane had violated Venezuelan airspace on November 6th as part of what he alleged to be an anti-drug operation.
Speaking to reporters at a forum organized by the Washington-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, the head of US military operations in South America and the Caribbean acknowledged that the Dash-8 aircraft flew twelve miles into Venezuelan airspace for a duration of 3.5 minutes.
“We admit it and offer our apologies,” Kelly stated, explaining that the aircraft had allegedly been pursuing a vessel reportedly believed to be transporting a ton of cocaine.
The general’s comments come in the midst of heightening tensions between Washington and Caracas after a recent Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) sting operation in Haiti saw the arrest of two men alleged to be nephews of Venezuela’s first lady on drug charges.
More:
http://nsnbc.me/2015/11/18/us-apologizes-ug-cooperation/
Good reads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016137444
