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Swooping around the harbor and nose-diving down to one of the world’s shortest landing strips, the 2,100-foot runway is bookended by a hill on one side, the bay on the other—and turboprop planes are the only way in.
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Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2024
Zambada Garcia said he was handcuffed, driven to a landing strip in a pickup truck, and forced into a private plane that delivered him to U.S. soil.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2024
He was then thrown into the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2024
Speier and the rest of the delegation were picked up at the landing strip and driven in dump trucks to the 3,800-acre jungle compound on Nov. 17.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2024
Zambada Garcia said he was handcuffed, driven to a landing strip in a pickup truck, and forced into a private plane that delivered him to U.S. soil.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2024
He was then thrown into the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2024
Speier and the rest of the delegation were picked up at the landing strip and driven in dump trucks to the 3,800-acre jungle compound on Nov. 17.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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