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Salta Governor Pushes Shoot-Down Law, Border Radar After Narco Plane Crash and 364-Kilo Seizure

He urges Congress to act, citing porous northern airspace plus insufficient results from joint operations.

Overview

  • Authorities say a Bolivian-registered light aircraft crashed near Rosario de la Frontera while attempting to land on a clandestine strip.
  • Security forces detained two suspected pilots during an escape attempt at a bus terminal and ultimately seized 364 kilograms of cocaine, much of it buried.
  • Gustavo Sáenz thanked the Provincial Police, Gendarmería, PSA, Rural Police, and prosecutor Dr. Villalba, highlighting coordinated provincial–federal work.
  • The governor argues current federal presence along Salta’s 700-plus kilometers of frontier is not enough, pressing for a Ley de Derribo and comprehensive radarization as Congress weighs the request.
  • Local reporting notes packages marked with a Prada logo, a label seen in prior trafficking cases, while a libertarian leader backs reviving shoot-down rules previously applied under a 2016 protocol.