Colombian military plane crashes with scores of soldiers on board, officials say

<p>Cargo plane carrying between 80 and 110 soldiers crashes shortly after takeoff in southern Amazon region</p><p>Scores of Colombian soldiers are feared dead after military transport plane crashed on takeoff in the south of the country.</p><p>The defense minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the accident happened as the Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 plane was taking off from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/mar/10/martinhodgson">Puerto Leguízamo</a>, deep in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/colombia">Colombia</a>’s southern Amazon region on the border with Peru, as it transported troops from the armed forces.</p><p><em>More details soon …</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/colombia-military-plane-crash">Continue reading...</a>