Bogota - Colombia's air force has been "seriously infiltrated" by drug traffickers and is driven with corruption, the country's Defence Minister, Mr Rodrigo Lloreda, warned yesterday. His comments came four days after a Colombian air force Hercules C-130 transport plane was seized by US authorities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 1,639 lbs (743 kg) of cocaine and 13 lbs (6 kg) of heroin aboard.
The air force commander resigned in disgrace after the seizure and Mr Loreda has promised to carry out a purge of the air force..