I wonder if you saw a story about a Venezuela cargo aircraft (747), supposedly carrying car parts from Queretaro, Mexico to a Renault manufacturing facility in Argentina. This happened over the weekend maybe on Sunday. It could not land at Ezeiza due to fog and was diverted to Cordoba. It did not use its transponder while in Argentine air space which alerted authorities. It had a mixed crew of Venezuelans and Iranians as well as some Iranian passengers. The AP reported today that some of these were Quds force members. The crew and passengers were not detained. The aircraft returned to BA but cannot leave due to a lack of fuel.
Hi Jordana-
I wonder if you saw a story about a Venezuela cargo aircraft (747), supposedly carrying car parts from Queretaro, Mexico to a Renault manufacturing facility in Argentina. This happened over the weekend maybe on Sunday. It could not land at Ezeiza due to fog and was diverted to Cordoba. It did not use its transponder while in Argentine air space which alerted authorities. It had a mixed crew of Venezuelans and Iranians as well as some Iranian passengers. The AP reported today that some of these were Quds force members. The crew and passengers were not detained. The aircraft returned to BA but cannot leave due to a lack of fuel.
Hi Jeff. I did, of course, see the news about the Venezuelan plane. In fact, I mentioned it in Monday's briefs (https://latinamericadailybriefing.substack.com/p/mexico-breaks-up-migrant-caravan?s=w), albeit in less detail. I did not see the AP story yesterday, but will be following the story as it develops.