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Overview
- Authorities, who updated the figures Tuesday, report at least 68 dead and more than 50 injured from the crash.
- The C-130 Hercules went down minutes after taking off Monday from Puerto Leguízamo in southern Colombia with about 125 people on board.
- The post-crash fire detonated some of the troops’ munitions, which injured residents who rushed to help and slowed evacuations at the small airport.
- The defense minister said investigators have found no evidence of an attack by armed groups operating in the region.
- President Gustavo Petro questioned the age of the Hercules fleet and cited the 1983 airframe, while former president Iván Duque pushed for a review of the plane’s weight and the runway conditions.