At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says

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.

Colombian officials say that a military cargo plane with 128 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia.

(Image credit: MiPutumayo)