ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263591
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 March 2004 |
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| Type: |  Bell 206 ? |
| Owner/operator: | Mexican Justice Dept. |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Culiacan -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
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| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit by high-powered gun fire whilst on a police drug fumigation mission and crashed outside of the city. Mexican Air Force pilot, Ricardo Romo Hernandez was killed. The joint police/military operation was targeting a marijuana plantation near the state line between Durango and Sinaloa.
Sources:
AFM JUN 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2021 08:07 | TB | Added |
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