Drug Attacks and Mechanical Breakdowns: The Worst “Plane Hits” in Mexico and Their Fatal Consequences

On the morning of this Sunday, a Mexican Air Force (FAM) aircraft, Learjet 45, collapsed shortly before landing at Xalapa airport, Veracruz.

He’s not the only one: speaking specifically about the armed forces and its strategy to try to stop the growth, power and domination of the drug trade, there is a revealing figure of the firepower of the criminal organizations that have populated the country and they have spread rapidly especially during this century.

Over the past 14 years, between 2006 and May 2020, 102 aircraft of the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) have fallen in the exercise of their powers. Also, up to 49 of them fell while carrying out work against drug trafficking, or 48% of the total.

The crash of an F-5 in the parade: how Amado Carrillo Fuentes infiltrated the Mexican armed forces

September 16 was the 25th anniversary of the collision of four planes during the Independence Day Military Parade and in which Gonzalo Curiel García lost his life, which was linked to the Lord of the heavens.

We are in 1995. In the logbook, the collision of four planes at 11:44 hours, of September 16. The plane was preparing for a sixth tour of the Zócalo in Mexico City, but the incident happened just before getting ready.

Meanwhile, the president Ernesto Zedillo He was present at his first military parade and before noon he was informed that the F-5E Tiger II aircraft had crashed into three T-33A Shooting Star aircraft. In the incident, the Wing General lost their lives, Gonzalo Curiel Garcia; Major José Rivera Gutiérrez and lieutenants Gustavo Enrique Pérez Estrada, Mario Humberto Sánchez García and Jorge Vergara Mogollón.

The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), indicated that the incident was the result of an error in the calculations during the execution of maneuvers, caused by the variation in flight altitude of the aircraft involved. A situation for which the air demonstrations were suspended for 12 years, and resumed in September 2007.

The day the CJNG shot down an army helicopter with a Russian rocket launcher and killed nine soldiers

One of the darkest military episodes in contemporary Mexican history occurred on Friday, May 1, 2015, when the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG) shot down an Air Force helicopter with a rocket launcher, ending the lives of eight soldiers and one federal policeman.

The plane – ACougar with registration number 1009- was demolished in the municipality of Villa Purificación, Jalisco, with a technique similar to that used in the Middle East by terrorists.

The Mexican government itself admitted it was an ambush “unique and perfectly designed“.

The criminals even tried “finishTo the officers who survived the forced landing, who managed to be rescued by their companions who participated at the start of the Jalisco operational, according to the official account.

It was the fall of the H-2, of the Beltrán Leyva, linked to Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda

That night of February 9, 2017, it was shot Juan Francisco Patron Sánchez, The H2, who had assumed the direction of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel since 2014. A Black Hawk helicopter strafed a house in the Lindavista neighborhood, on the outskirts of Tepic, Nayarit. In addition to him, seven others died in this house.

The navy plane fired 500 rounds per second after the Operation Barcina located the H-2 in this domain. It was between 9:30 p.m. that the elite corps arrived at the Lindavista district, preliminary intelligence work. They arrived by land at the address, But gunmen greeted them with shots from the roof.

In response, The Black Hawk pierced with 50 caliber bursts. The videos circulated on the networks and he realized the power of the artillery. A brutal attack.

After this event, that same night a second assault took place near Tepic airport, During a surveillance tour, military agents were attacked and, in repelling the assault, four other members of the H-2 group were killed. The final balance was 11 killed.

Martín Godoy, head of the SSP of Michoacán, died in a helicopter crash

The government of the state of Michoacán reported via its social networks that the helicopter in which the secretary of public security of the state was traveling, Martin Godoy Castro, and Germán Ortega, director of popular insurance of the entity; collapsed in the mountainous region with no survivors.

State Governor Silvano Aureoles, via his Twitter account, reported that officials were traveling to Huetamo municipality and confirmed that all 4 crew members were dead.

“With deep regret, I report that in the helicopter injured during the transfer from Morelia to Huetamo José Martín Godoy Castro, head of @MICHOACANSSP; Germán Ortega, director of @ SeguroPopuMich, and two pilots; there are no survivors ”, wrote the governor of Michoacán.

Mexican army helicopter collapsed in Chihuahua

A helicopter belonging to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) crashed in the morning of Sunday January 19, 2020 in the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua.

At 8:30 am, A helicopter carrying five people, including the crew, collapsed on the “El Zorrillo” runway, six kilometers from the municipal headquarters.

Initial information indicated that the ship, which was leaving Culiacán, Sinaloa, presented a mechanical failure that caused the fall.

The identity of the injured is still unknown, since the operation to protect the accident area and rescue was carried out by the military.

The occupants were mobilized to the hospitals of Parral through an operation organized by the personnel of the National Guard and the army. For the moment, the Sedena has not released official information on the accident..

The only thing known is that the plane was going to descend when it collapsed.

Navy helicopter collapses in Veracruz; there is one dead and nine injured

The Secretary of the Navy (Semar) reported on March 21, 2020 on the collapse of one of his Black Hawk helicopters in the municipality of Tehuipango, Veracruz.

“It is reported that unfortunately a Black Hawk helicopter from this institution suffered an accident in the town of Tepecuitlapa, municipality of Tehuipango, Veracruz,” he posted on his official Twitter account.

According to the first reports, the accident occurred on the grounds of the Xopilapa community, leaving as an unofficial toll, more than a dozen injured and at least one deceased, although official confirmation is still pending.

Emergency elements and ambulances were transferred to the site for the rescue of the injured and possible deaths.

In his Twitter account, the Secretary of State for Public Security (SSP) indicated that “in coordination with law enforcement and emergency companies, we provide support for the injured after the Semar Black Hawk helicopter crash”In the town of Tepecuitlapa.

Governor Cuitláhuac García reported that one person died and nine were injured in the Semar plane crash.

In addition, he stressed that it was a helicopter providing its support services in an anti-kidnapping operation to rescue the victims in the Zongolica region, and that the victims were safe.

For its part, the Ministry of Public Security announced that the person who died in the accident had been identified as State Police Javier Jerezano Baxin. He expressed his condolences to his family.

CDN’s challenge to the army: they tried to shoot down a military helicopter in Nuevo León

Suspected hitman of the Northeast Cartel (CDN) attempted to shoot down an army helicopter flying over an underground camp in the municipality of Doctor Coss, on the border between Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (northern Mexico). Five cartel members were killed and the plane was not seriously damaged.

The accident was recorded at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at a ranch near the Doctor Coss-Comales highway in Ejido Canela, about two kilometers from the municipality of Camargo, Tamaulipas, where the bodies were found on January 22. migrants.

According to a source from US police operating in Mexico, the shooting took place at coordinates 26 ° 02′14.6 “N / 98 ° 58′52.2” W, where a Mexican Army helicopter was conducting surveillance operations, approximately 38 kilometers south of the Texas border.

The gunmen, believed to be from a faction of the CDN Los Zetas, began firing at the helicopter with .50 caliber and AK-47 rifles to prevent the helicopter from entering their camp. The helicopter took evasive action and called for radio support, bringing troops to the scene.

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