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Peruvian Congress Authorizes Shooting Down Drug Planes
Source: Associated Press
Peruvian Congress Authorizes Shooting Down Drug Planes
LIMA, Peru — Aug 20, 2015, 7:39 PM ET
Peru's Congress has unanimously approved legislation authorizing military planes to shoot down suspected drug flights, which police say smuggle more than a ton of cocaine to Bolivia daily.
President Ollanta Humala is expected to sign the bill into law.
Peru halted aerial interdiction after an air force pilot killed a U.S. missionary and her child in a 2001 attack on a misidentified plane.
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LIMA, Peru — Aug 20, 2015, 7:39 PM ET
Peru's Congress has unanimously approved legislation authorizing military planes to shoot down suspected drug flights, which police say smuggle more than a ton of cocaine to Bolivia daily.
President Ollanta Humala is expected to sign the bill into law.
Peru halted aerial interdiction after an air force pilot killed a U.S. missionary and her child in a 2001 attack on a misidentified plane.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/peruvian-congress-authorizes-shooting-drug-planes-33216210