From the
Latin American Herald Tribune
Two Guatemalan soldiers were arrested at the El Salvador international airport as they were apparently intending to travel to New York with a kilogram of heroin hidden in two pairs of boots, the local press reported Sunday...
He said that the two men had managed to insert a total of 154 capsules of heroin into the soles of the jungle boots, which are part of their standard military equipment, and they had covered them with socks.
The press report said that the two men had entered El Salvador by land but appeared nervous as they waited to catch a flight to the United States at the El Salvador, or Comalapa, international airport.
It's not exactly how I pictured Guatemalan soliders trafficking in drugs. They seem like opportunists to me and not part of a large-scale operation. Then again, you wonder how many the Salvadoran authorities have missed. These two soldiers were carrying $72,000 worth of heroin.
