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ACTION SCSE-00
INFO OCT-01 ARA-10 ISO-00 SCA-01 L-03 EB-07 /022 W
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P 031600Z SEP 76
FM AMCONSUL CIUDAD JUAREZ
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 782
INFO AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY
UNCLAS CIUDAD JUAREZ 0279
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: CPRS
SUBJ: CONFISCATED US AIRCRAFT
REF: AMERICAN EMBASSY'S CONSULAR CIRCULAR NO. 9,
APRIL 5, 1976
1. N-111D
2. 680-460-130
3. MAKE 014, MODEL 1602
4. WHITE WITH BROWNISH ORANGE STRIPES
5. UNKNOWN
6. EAST COAST AIRCRAFT SALES, INC., 1260 HUNSICKER ROAD,
LANCASTER PENNSYLVANIA
7. UNKNOWN
8. AUGUST 30, 1976, VILLA AHUMADA, DISTRITO BRAVO, CHIHUAHUA,
MEXICO
9. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
10. UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY AND TRANSPORTATION
OF CONTRABAND
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11. VILLA AHUMADA, DISTRITO BRAVO, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
12. UNKNOWN
13. UNKNOWN. ACCORDING TO FFA, THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN
REPORTED MISSING OR STOLEN.
14. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED ABANDONED APPROXIMATELY 20
MILES NORTH WEST OF VILLA AHUMADA, DISTRITO BRAVO, CHIHUAHUA,
MEXICO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A DAMAGED FRONT LANDING
WHEEL, IT APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE REAR SEATS
ARE MISSING, AND A FALSE MEXICAN REGISTRATION NUMBER,
XA-11HD, HAS BEEN TAPED OVER THE AMERICAN REGISTRATION
NUMBER, N-111D. THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL POLICE BELIEVE THE
300 KILOGRAMS OF MARIJUANA, FOUND APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE
FROM THE LANDING SITE, WERE BROUGHT TO THE AREA BY THE
AIRCRAFT. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE
AIRCRAFT. A PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE OPERATOR INFORMED US
THAT THERE IS NO LISTING FOR EAST COAST AIRCRAFT SALES,
INC., EITHER BY NAME OR STREET ADDRESS. A SOURCE THAT
PREFERS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS INFORMED US THAT EAST COAST
AIRCRAFT SALES, INC. IS A FALSE FRONT FOR A NARCOTICS
ORGANIZATION, AND THAT THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT MAY BE
ROBERT TRAINER, WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY LIVING AT THAT ADDRESS.
HE HAS AN UNLISTED TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND THE SOURCE BELIEVES
HE WILL DENY OWNERSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT.
SHAPIRO
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