The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 9, 2013 4 Dead in Crash of U.S. Drug Surveillance Plane in Colombia ------------------------------------------------------------ The death toll from a U.S. plane crash in Colombia over the weekend stands at four. Three of the victims were American — two private contractors and a member of the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. government says the plane was conducing surveillance of drug smuggling routes. .