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Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2025
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I remember when a business jet packed to the gills with cocaine crashed and when they investigated, it turned out to be owned by a CIA shell company and previously used to shuttle people to Guantanamo for torture after an extraordinary rendition
https://asnc.flightsafety.org/wikibase/321868
There's a Tom Cruise movie of historical value.
Wow, the CIA sure is serious about ~~fueling their parties~~ INVESTIGATING DRUG LORDS
I thought no fucking way they found over 7000lb of cocaine on a little business jet but yeah, that Gulfstream could probably barely take off with that much on board. That's one badass airframe.
Maximum payload is 1.5t but the fuel payload is 12t so 3t of cocaine barely scratches it
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Oh my god still? Cocaine isn't cool anymore. Fent is more profitable to move. What the hell? Was The Deserter right?
Cocaine production in latin America has never been higher, it's dropped the price by huge amounts and now they are looking outside the USA to sell since the USA decided to kill their own economy.
Right but is it still the CIA moving it? And if so why?
Again, its not cool anymore. I don't think it's the most profitable thing. Why?
You don't have to move fent. You can make it locally. The fent is usually mixed with other drugs, a little bit of cocaine could be laced with a whole lot of fent and then sold as pure cocaine to maximize profit.
Oh. I know fop was importing it?
Yeah but cocaine is neither cool nor the most profitable thing anymore, so I was kind of just asking 'wtf CIA?'
Truth be told I have no idea what's actually popular now, but when fentanyl hit the scene, for years it was being mixed into other drugs as a cheap filler that would also make the drug more potent, faster acting and more addictive.