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DAY THREE—JUNE 13, 2007
COZUMEL, MEXICO
AT EXACTLY TEN A.M. THIS MORNING, A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER BEARING THE IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS OF THE MEXICAN POLICIA FEDERAL FLUTTERED TO THE LANDING PAD ON THE ROOF OF THE ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ BEACH & GOLF RESORT.
IN IT, ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVILY ARMED FEDERAL POLICEMEN, WAS ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦.
COLONEL ¦¦¦¦¦¦, ¦¦¦ AND ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦, ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦, ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ AND THIS REPORTER CLIMBED ABOARD AND THE BLACK HAWK TOOK OFF.
OUR DESTINATION TURNED OUT TO BE A SECRET AIRFIELD KNOWN SARDONICALLY TO ¦¦¦¦¦¦’S MERRY OUTLAWS AS “DRUG CARTEL INTERNATIONAL.” IT IS LOCATED IN THE ¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦?
? ¦ ¦¦¦¦ IN COAHUILA STATE.
(SEE PHOTOGRAPHS)
¦¦¦¦¦¦ TOLD THIS REPORTER THE AIRFIELD WAS USED TO TAKE SUITCASES FULL OF DRUG PROFIT MONEY OUT OF MEXICO AND TO BRING IN COCAINE FROM COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, AND OTHER PLACES FOR TRANS-SHIPMENT OVER THE BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN THIS REPORTER ASKED HOW THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED COULD AVOID BEING DETECTED ON RADAR BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES, ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ REPLIED THAT RADAR OPERATORS WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE OF NOT DETECTING THE ILLEGAL FLIGHTS, WHEREUPON THEY WOULD RECEIVE A STACK OF U.S. CURRENCY, OR DETECTING THEM AND REPORTING THEM TO THE POLICIA FEDERAL, WHEREUPON THEIR MOTHERS, WIVES, AND DAUGHTERS WOULD BE RAPED AND/OR MURDERED.
¦¦¦¦¦¦ TOLD THIS REPORTER THAT IF SOME WAY COULD BE FOUND TO SHUT DOWN “DRUG CARTEL INTERNATIONAL,” IT WOULD PUT A “SERIOUS CRIMP” IN DRUG CARTEL ACTIVITIES AND THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH ¦¦¦ ON A PLAN TO DO SO, WHICH HE WOULD FORWARD TO THE PRESIDENT.
AFTER NO MORE THAN AN HOUR AT THE AIRFIELD, WE REBOARDED THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER AND FLEW BACK TO COZUMEL AND BOARDED THE GULFSTREAM, LEAVING BEHIND ¦¦¦ AND ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦, AND TOOK OFF FOR BUDAPEST. THE ¦¦¦¦¦ WILL UNDERTAKE MISSIONS FOR ¦¦¦¦¦¦ THAT HE WAS UNWILLING TO SHARE WITH THIS REPORTER.
MORE TO FOLLOW
“Okay, I got it. Castillo redacted all those things so in case this fell into the wrong hands, nobody would know who Roscoe J. Danton was talking about. Am I right?”
“Yes, sir, Mr. President,” Truman Ellsworth said. “That is correct.”
“Couple of questions,” the President said. “General Naylor, Danton said you were the most important what in the Army?”
“I believe, Mr. President,” Secretary Cohen said, “that Mr. Danton believes General Naylor is the most important general in the Army.”
“Where did he get a nutty idea like that? Everybody knows the chief of staff is the most important general in the Army.”
“I don’t know where he got a nutty idea like that, Mr. President,” Robin Hoboken said, “but I’ll get on it right away and let you know as soon as I find out.”
“Lammelle, I want you to get together with Ellsworth and come up with a plan to shut down this drug dealers’ airfield. I don’t want to do anything until I hear more from Castillo, but I want to be ready.”
“Yes, sir,” Lammelle said.
“This out-of-the-box idea of mine is working out better than I thought. I wonder why I didn’t think of it earlier.”
“Well, you had a lot on your mind, Mr. President,” Robin Hoboken said. “That probably had something to do with it.”
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