Indeed, the pilots and ground crews of these narco planes are believed to have multiple contingencies in place depending on what law enforcement is doing. That means they likely have more than one possible place to land their narco planes. And, as we showed you in our first story, this airstrip has apparently been used before. We asked the Commissioner if they plan to destroy it:
Reporter
"There's also the burnt remains of another aircraft right next to the runway. Wat there no effort made in the first instance? Perhaps to destroy this particular airfield?"
Chester Williams - Commissioner of Police
"Not to my knowledge. We still need to ascertain the owner of the airstrip because while yes there are number of these makeshift runways that we want to destroy but they are on private property and we cannot just go and destroy people's land just like that. From what we are made to understand, the owner of that land may not be in Belize and if it is that we can contact the person, then we might be able to solicit that person's consent to see what can be done to destroy the makeshift runway."
Reporter
"Sir does the owner of the land where the airstrip was constructed, does he come under suspicion or is he brought into questioning at this time?"
Chester Williams
"We don't think that he is involved any at all."
Jules Vasquez
"So it was used without his knowledge?"
Chester Williams
"From what we understand, yes."
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