Ecuador’s intelligence chief and five Americans have been killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, with seven people confirmed dead in total.
Michele Sensi-Contugi and his wife, Stephany Hollihan, were among those who died in the crash. The supplied material identifies Sensi-Contugi as Ecuador’s intelligence chief.
The incident occurred in Kenya, but further details about the location, timing and circumstances of the crash were not included in the available material. No cause has been provided, and there is no information in the supplied report about the type of helicopter involved or where it had been travelling.
The deaths include foreign nationals and a senior Ecuadorian intelligence official, making the crash a significant international incident. The identities of the other people killed were not provided in the source material beyond the reference to five Americans among the dead.
No official response, investigation update or statement from authorities was included in the supplied material. The latest known position is that seven people are reported to have died, including Sensi-Contugi, Hollihan, Ecuador’s intelligence chief and five Americans.
