(FILES) A Satena Airlines aircraft covering the route Bogota-Caracas is pictured upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on November 9, 2022. A commercial plane with 15 people on board disappeared in Colombia near the border with Venezuela, the state-owned airline Satena reported on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)A twin-propeller aircraft carrying 15 people, including a Colombian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, crashed in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border on January 28. The crash adds to a history of fatal aviation accidents involving prominent figures in Colombia. In January 2025, a private plane crashed in central-eastern Colombia, killing all six people on board, including singer Yeison Jiménez.

Source: Punch January 30, 2026 04:40 UTC