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 who apparently pointed out irregularities in the doomed flight 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.
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