"A plane with 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew on board, according to authorities in Bogota. Contact with aircraft lost minutes after takeoff The plane, operated by Satena, the state-owned airline, took off from the Colombian border city of Cucuta and was en route to Ocana."
"There were two crew members and 13 passengers, including Columbian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, member of the House of Representatives for Catatumbo, the airline said. A rescue team was sent to the crash site to "assess the condition of the passengers." However, Colombia's Transportation Ministry later released a statement saying that "once the aircraft was located on site, authorities regrettably confirmed that there were no survivors." Officials could not determine the cause of the crash, but said there would be an investigation."
"Who was Diogenes Quintero? Quintero, 36, was a member of the House of Representatives for Catatumbo, Satena said. He was a well-known human rights activist in the troubled border region with Venezuela and was described by his party as "a leader committed to his community." "I deeply regret these deaths," leftist President Gustavo Petro wrote on X. "All my solidarity to their families.""
A Satena state-owned plane carrying 15 people crashed in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew. The aircraft departed from Cucuta en route to Ocana and lost contact minutes after takeoff. There were two crew members and 13 passengers, including 36-year-old House Representative Diogenes Quintero of Catatumbo, a noted human rights activist. Rescue teams located the wreckage and authorities confirmed there were no survivors. Officials said they could not determine the cause immediately and that an investigation will take place. President Gustavo Petro expressed regret and solidarity with the families.
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