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CEO Dies in Venezuelan Plane Crash

What: Beechcraft BE-36 Bonanza en route from Miami to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Where: Venezuela
When: 6 p.m. Brasilia time on July 11
Who: Mauricio Lustosa de Castro, CEO of Magnesita Refratorios SA
Why: Mauricio Lustosa de Castro’s private plane was last heard from in a distress call in Bolivar. Following the distress call a search and rescue began around July 13, though the incident was deemed a fatal crash on July 11.

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