LA PAZ: Four UN anti-narcotics workers and two Bolivian military pilots were killed when their plane crashed on a cocaine surveillance mission, a senior Bolivian official said on Saturday.
"It was a direct impact against a tree some 50 meters (164 feet) high and the plane completely burned," Bolivian Air Force General Tito Gandarillas told reporters.
The Cessna plane left La Paz airport on Thursday to monitor coca growing in Los Yungas region, Bolivia's main coca growing region northeast of the capital.
The four staff worked for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which works with the government to counter narcotics smuggling.
"It was a direct impact against a tree some 50 meters (164 feet) high and the plane completely burned," Bolivian Air Force General Tito Gandarillas told reporters.
The Cessna plane left La Paz airport on Thursday to monitor coca growing in Los Yungas region, Bolivia's main coca growing region northeast of the capital.
The four staff worked for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which works with the government to counter narcotics smuggling.
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