Overview
- Gustavo Orozco presented a video in the Chamber of Deputies and said he personally flew from the Bolivian border to southern Salta under a filed plan without any inspection.
- He asserted that about 95% of drugs entering Salta arrive by air, citing low-altitude flights, radios switched off, and aircraft blending with crop-dusting traffic.
- Orozco linked last week’s crashed light plane in Rosario de la Frontera to a broader pattern of aerial trafficking, alleging involvement of Bolivian networks and possibly Mexican cartels such as Sinaloa.
- He urged the national Congress to pass the so-called ley del derribo and said airspace protection is a federal duty, noting current protocols prioritize preserving life and that no new national measures have been approved.
- He proposed registering and auditing rural fincas to uncover clandestine airstrips and easing security forces’ access, identifying corridors such as Horcones and Balboa with quick links to Routes 3 and 34 toward Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, and Buenos Aires.