After the Venezuelan government said last November that it had shot down a Mexican plane that had entered its airspace without authorization, Venezuela's Air Force revealed on Wednesday that it disabled another plane without providing further details.
According to CNN, the Chief of the Strategic Command of the Armed Forces of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, said on his Twitter account that a plane had been "intercepted and immobilized" by Venezuelan planes.
The crashed plane had entered Venezuelan airspace from the state of Apure, in the border with Colombia, but so far the Armed Forces of Venezuela have not revealed where the plane came from.
Likewise, Vladimir Padrino has not released any further information on the whereabouts of the plane's crew, and did not specify if the plane had been destroyed after it landed or if it was shot down by Air Force units.
While Venezuelan families enjoy Christmas, the Air Force watches over border security. pic.twitter.com/WXuzCtVMUG
- Vladimir Padrino (@vladimirpadrino) December 25, 2013
It's worth noting that the plane was disabled in the same area where a Mexican plane was intercepted and destroyed last November. As Univisión reported then, without further detail, Maduro said that the planes being shot down over Venezuelan airspace are linked to drug trafficking and said his government would not stop shooting down these planes.
"Recently, over national waters, the 30th plane was shot down, the third over water, linked to drug trafficking. We will fight them with everything we've got, let them know," President Maduro warned in a speech quoted by the American TV network.
Airspace Defense Command @ceofanb detects, intercepts, and immobilizes aerial intruder in the municipality of Camejo, Apure. pic.twitter.com/tES0DDmHDN
- Vladimir Padrino (@vladimirpadrino) December 25, 2013
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