Bogotá (AFP)
Eight Colombian soldiers died when the helicopter transporting them on a humanitarian mission crashed near the border with Venezuela, the president said on Sunday.
The eight were on a mission in the eastern department of Vichada, President Gustavo Petro wrote on X, without saying when the crash occurred.
The Air Force reported that the helicopter was found after a search in a rural area in the municipality of Cumaribo, adding there were no survivors.
Images distributed by Colombian media showed the burnt wreckage of the aircraft in the middle of a grassland.
The families of the crew were receiving support while a recovery mission was underway, said the Air Force.