A BAe-125-700A business jet, registration N10TN, was found partially destroyed on July 3 in a remote area of the Gracias a Dios department, in eastern Honduras near the Nicaraguan border.
The aircraft was discovered by local authorities and has raised suspicions of involvement in drug trafficking.
According to preliminary investigations, the jet had departed the Dominican Republic bound for Venezuela on the night of June 29. The crew filed a flight plan for Granada, but diverted from the route, turned off the transponder mid-flight, and landed clandestinely in Venezuelan territory.
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The next day, June 30, the aircraft was detected by radar flying over Nicaraguan airspace before disappearing from monitoring systems.
During an inspection of the wreckage conducted by the Nicaraguan Air Force, no people or illegal cargo were found on board. However, parallel sources indicate that the jet was carrying approximately 400 kg of cocaine. Investigators also discovered that the aircraft’s registration number had been deliberately painted over—an apparent attempt to hinder identification.
Inside the cabin, forensic teams found an iPad and oxygen cylinders, which are now part of the materials being analyzed. The aircraft is registered with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the name of Pacific Rim Management LLC, a U.S.-based company founded in 2022.
Authorities from Honduras, Nicaragua, and other countries in the region are working together to investigate the circumstances of the incident and identify those responsible for the operation, which may be linked to international aerial drug trafficking routes.
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