A conservative candidate in the 21 April presidential election...retired general Lino Cesar Oviedo, 69...died in a helicopter crash...during bad weather.
The pilot and a bodyguard also perished in the crash north of Asuncion.
Oviedo led a 1989 coup that overthrew longtime dictator Alfredo Stroessner.
Recent polls had him running in 4th or 5th place...with just 8% support.
3 days of national mourning were declared.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21315995
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