US anti-drug plane missing

Bogota - A US plane with five American soldiers and two Colombians aboard was reported missing during an anti-drug operation …

Bogota - A US plane with five American soldiers and two Colombians aboard was reported missing during an anti-drug operation in Colombia yesterday, a US embassy spokeswoman said.

A spokesman for the US army's Southern Command, based in Miami, said the plane was a De Havilland RC-7 on an aerial reconnaissance mission.

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