People stand around a military cargo plane that crashed after taking off from Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, Monday, March 23, 2026.

A total of 69 people ‌died when a ‌Colombian military plane crashed soon after ​takeoff earlier this week, the country's armed forces said in a statement on ‌Tuesday, in ⁠an incident that injured 57 o...

Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez said on X that the plane that crashed Monday was transporting troops to another city in Putumayo.