A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/small-plane-crashes-in-rural-area-of-northeast-colombia-killing-all-15-people-on-board-23614167" rel="nofollow">Colombia</a>, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country's defense minister said.
Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez said on X that the "tragic accident" occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, which borders Peru and Ecuador.
Images shared online by local media outlets show a black cloud of smoke rising from a field where the plane crashed, and a truck with soldiers rushing to the site.
Sanchez did not specify the number of troops who were aboard the Hercules C-130. He said rescue teams had been sent to the site of the crash and that the cause of the accident still hasn't been determined. "This event is profoundly painful for the country," Sanchez wrote. "We hope that our prayers can help to relieve some of the pain."

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A military cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff in southwestern Colombia’s Putumayo region. Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed casualties, though numbers remain unclear. Rescue teams have reached the site as authorities investigate the cause of the accident

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