Why Would CIA and ICE Have Gotten Involved in “Mayan Express” Drug Shipments?
January 12, 2008 The Gulfstream II jet that fell from the sky over Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula on Sept. 24 last year with close to four tons of cocaine onboard has been the subject of a lot of buzz on the Internet over the past several months. At the center of that controversy are allegations that the downed cocaine jet was part of a CIA-backed narco-trafficking operation. As today’s other report shows, Narco News has uncovered new information about the jet crash that connects it to an undercover U.S. government operation called the Mayan Express, which is being run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), likely with the help of the CIA. Key to the ill-fated Gulfstream II cocaine shipment is a prolific Colombian narco-trafficker and U.S. government informant named Jose Nelson Urrego Cardenas – who was recently arrested by police in Panama. Urrego allegedly played a major role in organizing the cocaine shipment as part the Mayan Express operation. For those who might wonder wh
