Monday March 10th
Today two Bell 206L4 helicopters were shot down by AK47 fire while spraying a drug crop (amapola) in the mountains north of Acapulco, the 5 occupants in both aircraft died, these helicopters were part of a fleet of 100+ helicopters whose only job is the "war on drugs", they belonged to the Federal Police and were operated by civilian pilots. Both were working as a team, one spraying while the other one above is watching in case anybody want's to shoot at the working helicopter, they usually look for dogs or small fires that belong to the field caretakers, I guess this was sort of a well planned ambush.
I only want to mention that some people in the USA say that Mexico does "nothing" to stop the flow and production of illegal drugs thru/in Mexico, and I just want to say that this might be to some degree, but I hope these 5 people didn't die for "nothing", the "war on drugs" is taken very seriously by the new Mexican goverment and it has become a top priority.
The picture below is of one this antidrug helicopters that was also shot down not long ago, fortunately in this one nobody died.
More helicopter picutures
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