President Gustavo Petro declared three days of national mourning after a military transport plane crashed in Putumayo killing 69 soldiers.The Hercules C-130 aircraft went down during takeoff in Puerto Leguízamo near the borders of Ecuador and Peru in the southern Amazon region.While Petro described the US-donated plane as junk, former President Iván Duque called for a technical investigation into the runway conditions.The
Defense Ministry confirmed that 57 survivors are receiving medical care as authorities officially ruled out a guerrilla attack as the cause.