ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, Feb 19th 2020 10PM 2°C 1AM 3°C 5-Day Forecast ADVERTISEMENT Home News U.S. Sport TV&Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel DailyMailTV Discounts Latest Headlines Coronavirus Royal Family Prince Andrew World News Arts Headlines France Most read Wires Login Site Web Enter your search 'El Chapo Airlines': DrugSHARE lord 'flew 10,000 kilos of cocaine SELECTIONon cargo planes from Colombia to Mexico after building hanger at Bogotá airport with blessing of politicians who were paid off with $1 million and gems' • Former Colombian treasury agent Richard Maok alleged that El Chapo's old Sinaloa Cartel shipped 10,000 kilos of cocaine between 2006 and 2007 • According to Maok, an informant said the jailed Mexican compensated former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe with $1 million, gems and guns • In exchange, Uribe reportedly signed off on the construction of a hangar at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá where the cocaine was flown from • The Sinaloa Cartel employed a DC-8 four-engine cargo plane to fly cocaineManagement into El Chapo's hometown of Sinaloa • The plot was eventually rumbled when Mexican officials busted a flight with six and a half metric tons of cocaine - but the shipment later went missing • An informant, who worked for Air Cargo Lines, told Maok that an ICE agent, who also worked for the DEA, knew of the organization's deal but did nothing about it By ADRY TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 20:07 GMT, 7 February 2020 | UPDATED: 21:41 GMT, 7 February 2020 64 13 shares View comments Like Follow Daily Mail Daily Mail Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's cartel allegedly flew 10,000 kilos of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico on cargo planes - after politicians approved plans for him to Follow Follow @DailyMail Daily Mail build a hangar at Bogotá airport. Follow Follow The drugs kingpin reportedly used the hangar near the tarmac at El Dorado @dailymailuk Daily Mail International Airport from 2006 to 2007, and used it to covertly ship drugs to Mexico which were then distributed to the United States and around the world. DON'T MISS Megxit will happen on In a report released last month, a former Colombian government official alleges that March 31: Harry and Meghan will complete the country's former president Álvaro Uribe gave the green light for the hangar - final duties on March 9 before they start their and received expensive gems and $1 million from the Sinaloa Cartel in return. new lives outside the Royal Family Richard Maok, who served as a detective with Colombia's treasury department and is now living in Canada, said he was tipped off about the scheme recently by a 'It's gut-wrenching, it's so sad': Emotional former security worker for a Colombian air cargo company. 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AD FEATURE +5 MIC's Olivia Bentley shows off her incredible figure in a tiny red bikini An ex Colombian treasury agent says that from 2006 to 2007, an informant witnessed how El as she films scenes for Chapo's cartel shipped 10,000 kilos of cocaine from a hangar at El Dorado International Celebs Go Dating in the Dominican Republic Airport in Bogotá to his Mexican hometown of Sinaloa, allegedly made possible by Colombia's Striking former president Álvaro Uribe's, who was paid off for the favor Love Island SPOILER: Finn asks Paige to MOVE IN with him as the two Islanders admit they're 'falling' for each other on their final date Sweet 'He got drunk and his team kidnapped him': Greg James' wife says he is STILL missing after partying at the BRIT Awards amid elaborate Radio 1 stunt 'Just be aware!' Stunned former EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell urges friends to be careful after he is threatened by knife wielding teen Katie Price dons crop top and tracksuit bottoms as she enjoys a night on the town with Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry and Scotty T in Newcastle +5 A report published last month by a former detective with Colombia's ex president Álvaro Uribe alleges that the leader received pricey gems, guns and $1 million from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for allowing El Chapo's group to ship multiple tons of cocaine back to Mexico Uribe, who served as Colombia's president from 2002 to 2010, had links to the cartel because his brother was married to the sister of Alex Cifuentes - a former high- ranking official in El Chapo's organization, who is now serving time in the United States. During El Chapo's trial, Cifuentes charged that former Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto also received a large sum of money by El Chapo's cartel. According to documents turned over by Maok's informant, who worked at Air Cargo Lines in Colombia, the kingpin's transnational criminal organization took advantage of the airport warehouse for its international drug route. The elaborate scheme allegedly depended on support provided by paramilitaries, EastEnders SPOILER: executives at Air Cargo Lines, officials in Colombia's air transit agency, Aerocivil, and Phil Mitchell confronts Karen Taylor and his additional backing from a top agent in the country's national police department. son Ben holds Sharon HOSTAGE as their revenge plot takes a The daring scheme was a step up from the days when Pablo Escobar displayed the deadly turn Medellin Cartel's power by dispatching cocaine-filled small planes from clandestine dirt-filled airstrips. 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Natalia makes dig at former interest Luke M and Demi as she claims the f couple won't be able to maintain their romance Gemma Collins has been BANNED from directing a company for the next three years after her liquidated clothing business owed £70,000 in tax Bella Hadid rules the runway in three different looks as she rocks a grey fur jacket, dramatic tulle dress and jeans during the Alberta Ferretti MFW show w A Kaia Gerber cuts a f A d 0:00 / 0:37 j n h m k i g t quirky figure in a green spiked padded coat as she leads models down catwalk for Moncler's Milan Fashion Week show Kim Kardashian delights her fans with two bikini pinup photos taken by husband Kanye West from her 'slice of heaven' vacation in Mexico Kendall Jenner goes topless and covers her modesty with her hands for provocative 'wax bust' fashion shoot Kendall took part in an edgy fashion shoot Chloe Green leaves little to the imagination as she poses TOPLESS on the beach in a very racy snap from her luxurious sun-soaked +5 getaway El Chapo's cartel reportedly had access to a warehouse at Colombia's El Dorado International Justin and Hailey Airport in Bogotá. The group used a cargo plane to send out 10,000 kilos of cocaine during a Bieber chill on their luxurious private two year period plane... after fans expressed concern over the singer YELLING at Uribe allegedly intervened on behalf of the cartel and ordered the aviation officials to wife over arcade game allow a DC-8 four-engine cargo plane, nicknamed 'Aeropostal'. The cartel, with the help of a drug trafficking group known as 'Los Paisas,' then dispatched the jet to ferry the Type-A drug to Sinaloa. Colombia exports 80 percent of the world's cocaine, and to this day still serves the network, which is overseen by its co-founder Ismael 'El Mayo, Zambada and El Chapo's three children. One of El Chapo's sons, Jesús Guzmán, evaded customs each time he traveled to Colombia. 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