A passenger plane crashed in Colombia near the border with Venezuela on Wednesday, with 15 people on board. All of them died, LETA reports citing AFP.
A twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 aircraft of the state airline Satena, carrying 13 passengers and two crew members, took off from the border town of Cúcuta. Shortly before the scheduled landing in Ocaña, the plane's communication with the control towers was lost.
The Cúcuta region is mountainous and characterized by extremely changeable weather conditions. Some parts of it are under the control of Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).
The government has dispatched the Air Force to search for the plane and the bodies of the victims.
It is believed that among the passengers were Colombian lower house deputy Dioenes Quintero and candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections Carlos Salcedo.
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