A source said it would not be unusual for such an aircraft to be used by drug runners. Tensions are high along the border between Honduras and Nicaragua because U.S.-supported Nicaraguan rebels, or contras, operate from bases in southern Honduras. In Washington, a Pentagon source said the plane was "not one of ours". It was shot down in Copan province near the Guatemalan border. Because of that, with all peaceful procedures exhausted, the air force carried out warning shots and then shot down the plane.Īn Honduran Colonel said the plane entered Honduras from the southeast, passing over El Paraiso province bordering Nicaragua and over an area south of Tegucigalpa. The crew of the plane did not identify itself. on Monday, about 150 kilometers west of Tegucigalpa. It was said the plane was shot down at 11:30 p.m. Government sources said the plane may have been involved in drug smuggling. The following is the press release by Associated Press Tegucigalpa on Ma- An unidentified plane was shot down by the Honduran Air Force after it entered Honduran airspace apparently from neighboring Nicaragua, the armed forces said yesterday.
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