2nd Airline Crash Passenger Linked to Cocaine Traffic
A man injured in the crash of a Colombian jetliner passed 14 condoms filled with a white powder, becoming at least the second passenger suspected of carrying cocaine in his intestines, police said.
A nurse at the Nassau County Medical Center told police Monday that a 46-year-old Colombian had passed four of the packages, said Nassau County Detective Brian McCormack. Early today, Antonio Zuluaga passed 10 more, McCormack said. Authorities said they will test the powder to see whether it is cocaine.
On Friday, surgeons trying to stop internal bleeding in another crash victim discovered four condoms containing white powder in the man’s intestines, the Drug Enforcement Administration said. The unidentified patient at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset is suspected of being a “mule,” or courier, for drug traffickers.
The Avianca jet crashed in the woods in Long Island’s Cove Neck on Thursday night, killing 73 people.
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