A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation aircraft registration N352BH was back in Shannon this week on its way to Delhi, and then on its return flight to the US.

This is the third time the Gulfstream IV has gone through Shannon this year for ICE. The other two were the chain refoulements of Palestinians to Israel in January and February (see our report here). 

On this occasion the circuit started in Mesa, Arizona, which is the ICE Air Operations office headquarters and hub for ICE camps. The plane landed at Bangor International Airport, from where it flew to Shannon, arriving at 06:38 on Sept 1st. After 80 minutes it left, presumably after refuelling.

From there it went to Tirana in Albania for what looks like another fuel stop (80 minutes on the ground again). It then flew on to Delhi in India.

Its return journey took it back through Tirana the following day. It appears to have had a 14 hour layover there before flying on to Shannon on Sept 2^nd.

The jet is operated by Journey Aviation, a Miami-based charter company that ICE has used to carry out its third country “deportations”, but it is owned by Zionist billionaire Michael Dezer and his family via a shell company. The wealthy often lease their private jets to charter companies part-time to qualify for large tax breaks that Trump signed into law in his first term.

Michael Dezer and his son Gil Dezer also built Trump-branded hotels in South Florida in the 2000s.

Journalist Gillian Brockell broke the story about the Dezer involvement last year, and it was subsequently covered by The Guardian and others.

In February we reported on the presence of the same aircraft in Shannon. A statement was made to the Gardai at the time, but they took no action. They have also failed to provide any information in relation to the statement despite numerous written requests to them.

On this occasion, the Gardai were also asked to inspect the aircraft and interview the crew, based on the high probability that there were people shackled on board the plane. They insisted on getting a written statement before they would do so, and by the time this was possible the plane had left Shannon.

 The Gulfstream IV is a 16-seat jet, so there probably weren’t more than 10 shackled people onboard. The rest of the seats will have been occupied by ICE agents and ICE-contracted flight guards.