By Fernando Ramos, Gonzalo Zegarra, Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN

(CNN) — Colombian authorities found no survivors after a plane with 13 passengers and two crew members crashed on Wednesday, the country’s Civil Aeronautics Authority told CNN.

Colombian congressman Diógenes Quintero was among those on board, according to the party that had nominated him for the House of Representatives.

Quintero’s communications team said it lost contact with him and his assistant after the plane disappeared. The last registered location on their phones was Camilo Daza airport in Cúcuta “before takeoff,” his team said.

Quintero had been a member of the national legislature since 2022 and was a representative of the “special peace constituencies,” one of 16 seats in Congress meant to represent victims of violence, as part of the 2016 peace accords with militants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

“Diógenes Quintero was a leader committed to his region, with a firm vocation for service and a deep sense of public responsibility,” Colombia’s U Party said.

The plane, operated by state airline Satena, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after takeoff, Transportation Minister María Fernanda Rojas said earlier.

It was flying from Cúcuta to Ocaña in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander.

Satena reported that it took off at 11:42 a.m. ET and was scheduled to land around 12:05 p.m., but its last contact with air traffic control was at 11:54 a.m.

The flight tracking site FlightAware shows the plane’s signal disappeared nine minutes after taking off from Camilo Daza airport.

Authorities found the crashed plane in a rural area of La Playa de Belén after a search involving multiple aircraft, officials said.

The governor’s office of Norte de Santander extended condolences to the families of the victims.

“We deeply regret the tragedy that occurred following the aircraft accident confirmed in the last few hours in the rural area of ​​La Playa de Belén. We express our solidarity and heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the victims,” the office said.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Offshore winds pick up Thursday, clearing our skies as high pressure strengthens.

Breezy winds will also impact parts of SLO and Ventura Counties with wind advisories issued.

We will reach peak heating this week on Friday and Saturday, entering into the low 80s locally - nearing daily records with temperatures 15 degrees above average.

There will be slight cooling on Sunday and Monday because of onshore flow and a brief system in the upper northwest coast - though it will still be warm here in the 60s and 70s.

Another warmup is on tap for next week with dry weather to kick off the first few days of Santa Barbara International Film Festival and no rain chances through Superbowl Sunday.

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Los investigadores encargados de la investigación interna de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) sobre la muerte de Alex Pretti han tenido acceso limitado a la información y a la evidencia obtenida por la agencia investigativa del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (HSI, por sus siglas en inglés) y el FBI, dijo a CNN un funcionario de las fuerzas del orden que fue informado sobre el asunto.

De acuerdo con el informe, un agente y un funcionario de la CBP dispararon sus armas reglamentarias durante el incidente, segundos después de que otro agente gritara varias veces: “¡Tiene un arma!”

La investigación interna, liderada por la Oficina de Responsabilidad Profesional de la CBP, envió el primer informe oficial sobre el tiroteo al Congreso el martes.

Sin embargo, el funcionario policial dijo a CNN que la Oficina de Responsabilidad Profesional no ha podido acceder a las pruebas solicitadas al HSI, una agencia que normalmente colabora en estas investigaciones internas, lo que representa una diferencia significativa respecto a investigaciones anteriores.

No obstante, los investigadores pudieron revisar las grabaciones de las cámaras corporales de los agentes involucrados en el incidente antes de enviar el informe inicial al Congreso.

Por separado, tanto en la investigación federal como en la interna de la CBP, autoridades locales afirman que el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el FBI no han compartido ninguna prueba recabada en el caso hasta ahora.

Un juez federal en Minnesota otorgó una orden de restricción temporal que prohíbe a las agencias federales destruir o alterar pruebas relacionadas con el tiroteo.

“Los investigadores federales no han compartido ninguna información con los agentes de la Oficina de Aprehensión Criminal de Minnesota (BCA, por sus siglas en inglés)”, dijo Michael Ernster, portavoz de la BCA, a CNN este miércoles. “Nuestra propia investigación sobre este incidente sigue abierta”.

Tras una llamada con el presidente Donald Trump el lunes, el gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, informó en un comunicado que Trump accedió a permitir que la investigación estatal continúe.

“El presidente estuvo de acuerdo en hablar con su Departamento de Seguridad Nacional para asegurar que la Oficina de Aprehensión Criminal de Minnesota pueda realizar una investigación independiente, como sería lo habitual”, señaló Walz en su comunicado tras la llamada con Trump.

Walz dijo a Anderson Cooper de CNN esta semana que Tom Homan —el zar de la frontera en la Casa Blanca, enviado por Trump a Minnesota tras el tiroteo— le aseguró que hablaría con el director del FBI, Kash Patel, sobre los problemas entre los investigadores estatales y federales.

“Dijo que llamaría a Kash Patel al respecto”, afirmó Walz.

El FBI suele liderar este tipo de investigaciones, pero en este caso ha cedido protagonismo al HSI, incluso entregando el arma de Pretti a esa agencia. El FBI inicialmente envió el arma a su laboratorio local para pruebas estándar.

El HSI también tiene en su poder el teléfono de Pretti y otras pruebas recogidas en la escena, y un pequeño grupo de investigadores del HSI ha estado revisando grabaciones del incidente y videos de hasta 30 cámaras corporales usadas por los agentes ese día.

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