Colombian authorities confirm that five politicians and a pilot perished after a small plane crashed in central Colombia on Wednesday.

The five were all members of former President Alvaro Uribe's right-wing Centro Democratico party.

PHOTO | COURTESY plane crash kills five

According to the civil aviation authorities, they were on a plane that crashed in the municipality of San Luis de Gaceno in the department of Boyaca.

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On Twitter, the party mourned the "tragedy," which took the lives of members such as ex-senator Nohora Tovar, departmental lawmaker Dimas Barrero, aspiring governor Eliodoro Alvarez, and Villavicencio city councillor Oscar Rodriguez.

According to local media, the plane was travelling from Villavicencio to Bogota for a party gathering.

Leftist President Gustavo Petro expressed his sympathies on Twitter.