News (Media Awareness Project) - Colombia: U.S. Supports Downing Suspected Drug Planes |
| Title: | Colombia: U.S. Supports Downing Suspected Drug Planes |
| Published On: | 2003-08-20 |
| Source: | Tampa Tribune (FL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-08-24 13:44:41 |
U.S. SUPPORTS DOWNING SUSPECTED DRUG PLANES
BOGOTA, Colombia - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, on a one-day
visit to Colombia, said Tuesday that the United States would support
Colombia in resuming a policy that allows Colombian fighter pilots to
force or shoot down planes suspected of ferrying drugs.
Such a policy, which has been criticized by human rights groups, was
suspended over Colombia and Peru in 2001 after a Peruvian fighter jet
mistakenly shot down a private plane carrying American missionaries,
killing two people, one an infant.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, on a one-day
visit to Colombia, said Tuesday that the United States would support
Colombia in resuming a policy that allows Colombian fighter pilots to
force or shoot down planes suspected of ferrying drugs.
Such a policy, which has been criticized by human rights groups, was
suspended over Colombia and Peru in 2001 after a Peruvian fighter jet
mistakenly shot down a private plane carrying American missionaries,
killing two people, one an infant.
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