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VIDEO - Drug smugglers shot down over Amazon jungle

By Barbara Cockburn2007-06-21T12:00:00+01:00

This video shows drug smugglers being shot down over the Colombian Amazon jungle.

The Colombian air force had been trailing the drug smugglers in an Embraer Super Tucano, which is used to patrol borders, among other missions.

The video presents a coordination between English speaking and Spanish speaking crews during the interception.

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