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Mexico finally finds buyer for luxury presidential jet

The Central Asian nation Tajikistan agreed to purchase the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for 1.66 billion pesos ($92 million), Lopez Obrador announced late Thursday after several years of trying to sell the plane.

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"I would have felt shame, I say it sincerely, to use this plane," Lopez Obrador said in a video announcing its sale, sitting next to the aircraft. The proceeds will be used to build two hospitals in impoverished regions of southern Mexico, he said.