### [2026-08-19](/feed/2026/08/19/index.md)

##### Ecuador
# Six passengers, including Ecuadorian intelligence head Michele Sensi-Contugi and his wife, and the pilot are killed in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya. 




### Sources:

1. [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-americans-killed-helicopter-crash-kenya-rcna593384)

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