---
category: Organized Crime
summary: Pilot and owner of Hondu Carib Cargo who flew FDN supply missions while under
  investigation for narcotics offenses by ten law enforcement agencies.
tags:
- Person
- Drug_Trafficker
- Honduras
- 1980s
- Contra_War
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
---

Frank Moss was a pilot and the owner of [Hondu Carib Cargo](/organizations/hondu-carib-cargo/), an air cargo company hired by the [FDN](/organizations/fdn/) to fly supplies to the [Contras](/organizations/contras/).[^1] Moss was identified in a 1989 Senate report as having "been investigated, although never indicted, for narcotics offenses by ten different law enforcement agencies."

### Drug Trafficking and Contra Supply

The report said Moss flew FDN supply missions for both Hondu Carib Cargo and a Honduran air freight company called SETCO, which was owned by Honduras's biggest drug trafficker, Juan Matta Ballesteros. One DC-4 Moss used to ferry Contra supplies was seized by the [DEA](/organizations/dea/) in March 1987 on a suspected drug run off [Florida](/places/florida/)'s coast. Aboard the plane was marijuana residue and Moss's notes which, according to a CIA cable, contained "the names of two CIA officers and their telephone numbers." Also found was the phone number of [Robert Owen](/people/robert-owen/), [Oliver North](/people/oliver-north/)'s courier in [Central America](/places/central-america/).[^1]

[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"