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Drug War Inc.

An Alabama contractor’s ties to the downing of a plane of missioaries in Peru.

By Jason Vest

In January 1998, five twin-engine Cessna Citation V jets owned by the Defense Department arrived at Alabama’s Maxwell Air Force Base. Their landing was heralded by the local Montgomery Advertiser, which noted in a short but enthusiastic piece that the aircraft were part of a $10 million program the military had outsourced to a recently incorporated local contractor. According to the… return to article

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