Cessna Down in Yaracuy
Pictured: A Cessna T210F Turbo Centurion landing in Africa
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What: Cessna 210F
Where: Pueblo Nuevo, municipio Veroes, Yaracuy, Venezuela
When: Dec 11, 2009
Who: 4 on board
Why: Friday, the Cessna had been seen flying low over a clandestine airstrip, allegedly used for drug trafficking. The Yaracuy state Special Action Squad discovered the plane whose identification numbers had been tampered with. The area was cordoned off and a gun battle occurred. Four or five individuals were in the plane, and drums of chemicals which are currently being analyzed.