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Paraguay: Presidential Candidate Dies in Helicopter Crash

Categories: Latin America, Paraguay, Citizen Media, Elections, Politics

The blog Camino al Paraguay reports [1] [es] about the helicopter crash where Paraguayan presidential candidate Lino Oviedo [2] died on Saturday, February 2:

[…] when the helicopter where he was traveling after a political event crashed on Saturday night, as reported by the local press.

Paraguayan rescue workers confirmed having found [3] [es] the helicopter, as well as the three carbonized bodies of its passgeners, at “La Mocha” ranch, located in Presidente Hayes, Paraguayan Chaco. The first hypothesis by the authorities is that the accident was due to weather condicions.