Contaminated chicken? Is that sort of like exploding cigars?

U.S. and Venezuela at Odds, and Seized Cargo Is Just the Half of It - New York Times:

The cargo, delivered by a C-17 military transport plane, included ejector seats apparently intended for Venezuelan combat jets, explosive charges and about 180 pounds of chicken that did not pass through sanitary inspection, Interior Minister Jesse Chacón Escamillo said Friday night.

OK, if you don't get the cigars joke it just means you're not old enough to remember the CIA's clownish attempts to kill Castro, back in the day. Nonetheless. Calling the contents of a C-17 “diplomatic baggage” is pretty wacky on its face, and including ejector seats as baggage is just plain bizarre. State claims the shipment was of “household effects of a US diplomat and a shipment of commissary goods,” which means either some diplomat has pretty weird furniture (not to mention an adventurous taste in cuisine) or they've got themselves a helluva PX down there.

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