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Facebook MEXICO CITY (AP)  A plane that crashed in southern Mexico earlier this week was attempting to deliver tons of Colombian cocaine to an infamous Mexican drug cartel, an official with the federal attorney general's office said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk about the case, told The Associated Press that Mexican authorities arrested the plane's pilot, identified as Edik Munoz Sanchez, Tuesday night. The 21-seat Gulfstream II plane crashed Monday in the southern state of Yucatan, about 160 miles west of the beach resort of Cancun. Police found bundles packed with 4 tons of cocaine at the scene. Munoz, a Mexican citizen, was treated for dehydration and a broken knee and taken to the capital for questioning, the official said. The official said Munoz told authorities the plane and cocaine belonged to alleged Sinaloa drug cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from federal prison in 2001 and is Mexico's most-wanted drug lord. The Yucatan attorney general's office said in a statement that two other men, Dante Pat Caamal and Leonel Ayala Lopez, were arrested Monday near the crash site for allegedly trying to bribe soldiers to stymie an investigation and hand over the drugs. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Drug Enforcement Administration agents were sent to assist because the plane has a U.S. registration number and because of the case's potential cross-border nature. "The Mexican government is in charge of this investigation, and the DEA agents went there to observe and exchange information that could help track narcotraffickers," embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said. The plane is registered with Donna Blue Aircraft Inc., a Coconut Creek, Fla.-based company, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's website. But efforts by the AP to locate a company by that name in Coconut Creek were unsuccessful. Mexico is a major transshipment point for Colombian cocaine heading for the United States. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Share this story: Digg del.icio.us Newsvine Reddit Facebook Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. Please stay on topic and be respectful of others. Keep the conversation appropriate for interested readers across the map.