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Police confirm 76 dead in Brazilian soccer team's plane crash in Colombia

Medellin police have confirmed 76 people died when a plane carrying Brazilian football club Chapecoense crashed in Colombia.

The Serie A side was scheduled to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional on Wednesday at Medellin's Estadio Atanasio Girardot.

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But the plane, carrying 72 passengers and nine crew, crashed en route from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, coming down in Cerro Gordo in the municipality of La Union.

Authorities reported the plane declared an emergency at 10 p.m. local time (10 p.