Bolivian aviation agent requests help in Brazil after crash
RIO DE JANEIRO — The investigation into a plane crash in Colombia that left 71 dead took a surprising turn Tuesday when authorities announced that a Bolivian aviation official has sought help in neighboring Brazil.
Brazilian authorities said that a Bolivian woman presented herself at the border city of Corumba. Federal police investigator Sergio Luis Macedo told The Associated Press that Celia Castedo had applied for refugee status, and that a decision could take up to a year.