The Bowers Family, Shot Down Over Peru
The missionaries were shot down over Peru during a CIA anti-drug operation.
PHOTOS: Christian Missionary Family Shot Down During C.I.A. Anti-Drug Operation
A photo of Christian missionaries Roni and Jim Bowers and their children, Cory and Charity, taken just a few weeks before their small plane was shot down over the Amazon River in Peru in April 2001. The CIA operated a joint anti-narcotics program with the Peruvian government that called for shooting down suspected drug-trafficking planes. The program operated from 1995 until the Bowers tragedy six years later. (Courtesy Luttig Family)
