MEXICO CITY,.- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrodecided postpone your trip to Mexicoto attend the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardodue to a helicopter crash of the Air Force in which eight soldiers died.
“I have decided to postpone my trip to Mexico until tomorrow due to the Air Force helicopter accident. “I want to accompany the families in their pain and follow the investigation personally to determine the causes of the event,” he explained on his social network account “X”, formerly Twitter.
Petro had planned to leave for Mexico this Sunday to be present on Tuesday at the investiture of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
The helicopter suffered the accident when they were carrying out a medical mission in the department of Vichada, on the border with Venezuela, authorities indicated.
The Air Force reported that the Huey II helicopter was found in a rural area of the municipality of Cumaribo, “after carrying out an exhaustive search mission.”
“There are no survivors,” the institution indicated. Eight people were traveling in the device.
The accident occurred in the early hours of this Sunday. Images broadcast by local media show the helicopter burned and destroyed in the middle of a grassland.
The crew was carrying out an aeromedical evacuation mission in the municipality of Cumaribo, in La Vichada, about 750 kilometers east of Bogotá, the report added.
In a statement published on X’s account, the Ministry of Defense indicated that the family members receive psychological support while rescue efforts are carried out. With information from agencies.
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