U.S. anti-drug agency admits killing pilot in Honduras

U.S. anti-drug agency admits killing pilot in Honduras
The Associated Press
Posted: Jul 8, 2012 11:09 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 8, 2012 11:07 PM ET

The pilot of a suspected drug flight killed in an anti-narcotics operation in Honduras earlier this week was shot dead by two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents after he refused to surrender, an agency spokeswoman said Sunday.

At the time, Honduran police said the twin-engine plane arriving from Colombia with a load of cocaine crashed while being chased by government aircraft. One pilot died in the July 3 incident and second was badly injured, but officials had not disclosed how the death took place.

DEA spokeswoman Dawn Dearden revealed on Sunday that when police arrived at the crash scene in eastern Honduras, they found the plane's two pilots. The injured pilot was arrested and the second was shot by the DEA agents after he ignored orders to surrender and made a threatening gesture, she maintained.

"Both suspects were given first aid and transported via helicopter to a secure location," Dearden said. "The pilot who resisted arrest died of his injuries."

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