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Unwanted presidential jet: Mexico finally sells plane to Tajikistan

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, center left, arrives for a press conference in front of the former presidential plane at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City. [AP Photo]

After almost 4 1/2 years of trying, Mexico's president said Thursday he has finally sold the unwanted presidential jet to the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the government of Tajikistan paid the equivalent of about $92 million for the Boeing 787 jet.

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