Military Plane Crash Kills 69
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian military transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the Amazon province of Putumayo on Monday, killing 69 service members and police officers and injuring 57 others in one of the country’s deadliest military aviation disasters in years. The crash quickly became more than a local emergency in Puerto Leguizamo. It set off a rescue effort in a remote border town, sent wounded troops to hospitals in larger cities and opened …