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Old 7th Dec 2016, 06:48
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Interesting development....
Allegedly Celia has sought "refuge" in Brazil. So I guess she managed to slip across the border unnoticed and is going to claim asylum

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...oense-disaster

"............Earlier on Tuesday, Bolivia demanded Brazil expel a Bolivian air traffic controller who travelled there to give authorities information about the crash.

The Bolivian interior minister Carlos Romero said Celia Castedo had illegally bypassed migration controls on her way out of the country in an attempt to flee justice. He said Castedo was being sought as part of a broad investigation into Bolivia’s air travel authority after the 28 November crash. “There is no argument to justify an asylum request,” Romero said. “Logically, in a case like this there should be a process of automatic expulsion [from Brazil].”

Federal prosecutors in Brazil said late on Monday that the woman had come to them in the border city of Corumba after the Bolivian air travel authority accused her of negligence. Brazilian TV station Globo reported Castedo was seeking asylum in Brazil and that she had questioned a flight plan showing the intended route would push the limits of the plane’s maximum possible flight time..........."
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