All six people aboard a military plane that has crashed in Bolivia on Sunday are dead, the Defence Ministry said.
Those killed include four members of the military and two civilians, it said.
The Cessna FAB-409 aircraft had departed on Sunday morning from the airport of El Alto, which lies adjacent to the capital La Paz. It had been carrying out "support for civilian measures" en route to the city of Cochabamba, according to the ministry.
A search operation was launched after radio contact with the plane was lost, and the crashed aircraft was found in the Cerro Sayari area in the department of Cochabamba, it said.
The El Deber newspaper reported that the aircraft had been deployed to monitor areas affected by roadblocks.
The crash comes as Bolivia is mired in a deep political crisis, with protests and road blocks having disrupted daily life in the country for over 50 days.
The protests are directed against the difficult economic situation, the rising cost of living and the conservative government’s reform plans. According to government figures, the blockades have led to supply shortages in several regions.
President Rodrigo Paz declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday, citing the economic, social and humanitarian fallout from the blockades, as he seeks to deploy the police and the military to clear key roads and secure supplies of food, medicines and fuel.
