Prosecutor: Peru military officer arrested on drug charges got $10K per cocaine plane
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors in Peru say an army lieutenant arrested for allegedly letting small planes ferry cocaine unhindered out of the world's No. 1 coca-producing valley was getting bribes of $10,000 per planeload.
Authorities say Lt. Wilmer Delgado is the first Peruvian military officer arrested on drug charges in at least a decade.
Organized crime prosecutor Irene Mercado said Friday that legally authorized wiretaps indicate Delgado shared the bribes he collected with superiors.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She did not rule out additional arrests.
Delgado's arrest follows last week's Associated Press report that found Peru's armed forces turned a blind eye to the daily airborne ferrying to Bolivia of more than a ton of cocaine from Peru's Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro river valley.