Inside The Cartel: Flying High for The Sinaloa Drug Cartel -- L.A. Times
Times were good for Carlsbad pilot John Ward as he smuggled cocaine across the U.S. for Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. But the men at the other end -- they worried him.
John Charles Ward would take flight in the half-light before dawn, when he could race down the runway without headlights and ascend into the cloaking embrace of an overcast sky.
Soaring above the crowded California freeways in the single-engine aircraft, he'd relax, pour himself a whiskey and Seven and plan his hopscotch route to Pennsylvania. Inside the plane were 242 pounds of cocaine; outside, nothing but clouds.
"There are no curbs in the sky," Ward said. "There's no place for anybody to pull you over."
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My Comment: This L.A. Times four part series is an excellent read. The first two parts are the following: Part 1: Dissecting and disrupting a drug trade and Part 2: A vast drug network and a bit of black magic
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