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Several journalists state that the CIA used Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport in Arkansas to smuggle weapons and ammunition to the Contras in Nicaragua, and drugs back into the United States. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Some theories have claimed the involvement of political figures Oliver North , then vice president and former CIA director George H. W ...
Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport covers an area of 667 acres (270 ha) at an elevation of 1,080 feet (329 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 9/27 is 5,485 by 100 feet (1,672 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).
Snell was involved in the filming of planes that landed at Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport in Mena, Arkansas, thought of by Snell and many conspiracy theorists to be used in a government-sanctioned operation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to smuggle drugs into the United States. Snell had claimed that law enforcement agencies ...
This drug trafficking was linked to the operations of Barry Seal and the Mena Airport in nearby Polk County. The 1994 conspiracy-theory movie The Clinton Chronicles blamed the cover-up of the murders on Bill Clinton, who was governor of Arkansas at the time and was accused to have known about the drug trafficking in his state. [11]
Troopergate, using Arkansas State Police officers to facilitate sexual liaisons and intimidate accusers; Misuse of funds with the Arkansas Development Finance Authority; Using Bank of Credit and Commerce International to launder money; Profiting from drug smuggling at the Mena Airport. Protecting Barry Seal's drug smuggling activities
Kedus Yacob Damtew, 38, was charged with one count of interference by assault or intimidation after threatening flight attendants and crew members aboard a plane flying to Newark Liberty ...
In his memoir, Smuggler (2016), Reaves claims that Seal paid millions in bribes to the Clintons when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas in order to land planes carrying cocaine at Mena, Arkansas. [3] Reaves served over thirty cumulative years in prison and escaped five times.
American Airlines has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who alleged they were thrown off a plane in January for a false complaint about body odor.