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Authorities: 5 Politicians & Pilot Perished In Plane Crash In Colombia

Authorities reported five politicians and a pilot died in a small plane crash in central Colombia on Wednesday.

The five were all members of former president Alvaro Uribe’s right-wing Centro Democratico party.

According to the civil aviation authority, they were on a plane that crashed in the municipality of San Luis de Gaceno in the Boyaca department.

On Twitter, the party bemoaned the tragedy, which took the lives of members such as ex-senator Nohora Tovar, departmental lawmaker Dimas Barrero, aspiring governor Eliodoro Alvarez and Villavicencio municipal councilor Oscar Rodriguez.

According to local media, the plane was traveling from Villavicencio to Bogota for a party gathering.

Gustavo Petro, the Leftist President, expressed his condolences.

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