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Asunción.- Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Minister of Livestock Paraguayans, along with two other persons, died in crush ] Wednesday, the small plane which transported them, of which remains destroyed were found this Thursday, announced the rescuers.
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In the plane, which crashed about 8 km from the airport of Ayolas , on the border with Argentina, traveled the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock. Luis Gneiting ; the deputy minister of livestock, Vicente Ramírez the official Luis Charotti and the pilot Gerardo López.
There are no survivors, said Roque González, a member of the Special Search and Rescue Unit (SAR) in statements to AFP.
The plane fell on a stellar surface with waters at least three meters deep in the vicinity, he added.
The plane is totally disintegrated, submerged in a water mirror, said Minister of National Emergency Secretariat (SEN), Joaquín Roa, at a press conference.
Roa said that the heavy machinery was destined for the site to recover the wreckage of the aircraft.
The rescue of the bodies was delayed because the aircraft fell into an inhospitable place, a stellar with a lot of water in the vicinity, explained Sub-Commander [19659012] of the police, commissioner Gustavo Báez .
However, the good weather conditions of Thursday facilitated the rescue of the remains, which were delivered to their families in Asunción in the afternoon.
Tasks were led by the rescue staff of the Volunteer Fire Department of Paraguay and the bodies transferred by helicopter to Ayolas Airport. From there, they were transported to the capital of Paraguay in an air force plane.
The search for the wrecked aircraft lasted 14 hours since the complaint of his disappearance shortly after the local 18H22 ( 22H22 GMT) on Wednesday, indicated the rescuer González. l & # 39; AFP.
He revealed that the cockpit of the aircraft was partially submerged at about one meter from the surface.
The plane "could have had a fault in one of its engines," said pilot Lino Paniagua, assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the rescuers, when the plane departed for Asunción, it had already darkened, the sky was covered with drizzle and low temperature.
The airport security camera recorded the first three minutes of flight until the ship made an unusual turn; then you see a flash and a blackout until it disappears from the radar.
The Minister of National Emergency thanked the support of a helicopter from the Argentine government of Misiones for the rescue.
Ayolas is a neighbor of Ituizangó (Argentina). Between the two sites, on the Paraná River, the hydroelectric dam of Yacyretá, shared between the two countries, is erected.
President Horacio Cartes's trusted man, the late Minister of Agriculture was a pre-candidate for Paraguay's vice president in the presidential primaries of the ruling Colorado party in December 2017.
Gneiting was the presidential duo of Santiago Peña.
In the elections were defeated by the formula composed by Mario Abdo Benítez and Hugo Velázquez, winner in the presidential elections of April 22 last.
Abdo Benítez will assume the presidency on August 15th.
Before embarking on the presidential campaign, Gneiting was governor of the department of Itapúá, neighbor of the Argentine province of Misiones. Last May, he was appointed minister.
Prior to the accident, he had visited his convalescent mother, whose death also occurred, coincidentally, early this Thursday from a terminal illness.
The government declared official mourning for three days and the chambers of Senators and Deputies adjourned their regular session of the day after honoring the victims.
The remains of the deceased officials will be veiled Friday at the seat of Congress.
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