Diógenes Quintero and 14 Others Die in Plane Crash Near Border
All 15 people aboard a Satena flight perished after their Beechcraft 1900 aircraft crashed into a mountainous region near the border between Colombia and Venezuela on Wednesday.Colombian authorities confirmed the deaths of Congressman Diógenes Quintero Amaya, congressional candidate Carlos Salcedo, and former councilman Juan Davíd Pacheco Mejía following the discovery of the wreckage in La Playa de Belén.Aeronáutica Civil has launched an investigation into why the twin-engine turboprop lost communication just 12 minutes after departing from Cúcuta for its scheduled arrival in Ocaña.
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