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Violence has flared in the western Pacific coast state ever since the late July arrest of Zambada, after he was flown to an airstrip in the United States near the city of El Paso, Texas, and promptly taken into custody by U.S. officials.
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
There was no road access, so Jackson built an airstrip.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Its weather can change suddenly, and airstrips are typically sited in difficult-to-reach, mountainous areas.
—Aishwarya Iyer, CNN, 24 July 2024
In a letter distributed by his lawyer, Zambada said his godson’s goons kidnapped him at a resort in suburban Culiacán, tied him up, bundled him into the bed of a pickup, drove him to an airstrip and forced him on the plane.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
There was no road access, so Jackson built an airstrip.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Its weather can change suddenly, and airstrips are typically sited in difficult-to-reach, mountainous areas.
—Aishwarya Iyer, CNN, 24 July 2024
In a letter distributed by his lawyer, Zambada said his godson’s goons kidnapped him at a resort in suburban Culiacán, tied him up, bundled him into the bed of a pickup, drove him to an airstrip and forced him on the plane.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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