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

The head of Colombia’s armed forces says the death toll from a military plane crash has reached 66. 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. General Hugo Alejandro López Barreto says that four military personnel were still missing. The Hercules C-130 plane had 11 crew members, 2 members of the National Police and 115 soldiers on board. Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez says that the “tragic accident” occurred in Puerto Leguizamo, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, that borders Peru and Ecuador.