Peru Declares No-fly Zone in Coca-growing Region

Peru established a no-fly zone over its most lawless coca-producing region in a bid to stop a growing number of small planes from smuggling cocaine to neighboring countries, the government said on Wednesday. The move advances President Ollanta Humala's plan to start forcing down unauthorized flights for the first time since 2001, when the military accidentally shot down a plane carrying a U.S. missionary and her baby. The no-fly zone bars civilian aircraft without prior military...

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