From the one article I read on this it is not clear that the entire contents of the cargo were left off the manifest and my impression is that the weapons were expected but the drugs were not.
Given the reference to the presence of a letter written in Spansish saying something like "I am an American Soldier, please tell my country I have been Detained" and the fact that the drugs were expired morphine I think there are are only 2 possible explainations.
1) A crewmemer of the plane was planning on smuggling the drugs and got caught.
2) They, and the note, were part of the scheduled hostage training for a scenario using hostages taken by drug cartels.
I don't actually see any evidence in the article that says that the weapons were not part of the manifest or unexpected, just that they were present.
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Date: 18/2/11 17:18 (UTC)Given the reference to the presence of a letter written in Spansish saying something like "I am an American Soldier, please tell my country I have been Detained" and the fact that the drugs were expired morphine I think there are are only 2 possible explainations.
1) A crewmemer of the plane was planning on smuggling the drugs and got caught.
2) They, and the note, were part of the scheduled hostage training for a scenario using hostages taken by drug cartels.
I don't actually see any evidence in the article that says that the weapons were not part of the manifest or unexpected, just that they were present.