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Colombia Identifies the 69 Victims of the Aerial Accident in Putumayo

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The lifeless remains of the 69 fatalities left by the aerial accident in Putumayo, Colombia, were already fully identified by the Institute of Legal Medicine.According to the information issued by the agency on Monday, March 30, a few days before the process of recognition of the bodies was concluded, they were rescued from the area of Puerto Leguízamo.In addition, the authorities of Colombia highlighted that once the identification stage was co…

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The lifeless remains of the 69 fatalities left by the aerial accident in Putumayo, Colombia, were already fully identified by the Institute of Legal Medicine.According to the information issued by the agency on Monday, March 30, a few days before the process of recognition of the bodies was concluded, they were rescued from the area of Puerto Leguízamo.In addition, the authorities of Colombia highlighted that once the identification stage was co…

The military traveled from Puerto Leguízamo to Bogotá, and later took a few days off with their families and loved ones. Video: Juan Pablo Rueda Bustamante / El Tiempo

The Colombian National Army confirmed that the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences completed the identification of the last six soldiers killed in the accident of the Hercules C-130 plane on March 23 in Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, thus closing the forensic process that kept their families on hold. With this final identification, the 61 soldiers of the National Army who lost their lives in the tragedy have been fully identi…

After a week of the tragic accident in Puerto Leguízamo, Legal Medicine ended with the identification of the bodies of the 69 victims. For the process, a group of 57 officials was necessary among forensic doctors, dentists, anthropologists, geneticists, technicians and support personnel. Uniforms continue to be transferred to their places of origin with their relatives and the wounded continue to be discharged. The causes of the incident are not…

The Colombian forensic authorities identified the 69 who died in the accident of the military plane Hercules C-130, which occurred last March 23 when they took off from Puerto Leguízamo, in the Amazonian department of Putumayo, the National Institute of Legal Medicine reported on Monday. The entry Identifies the 69 Colombian uniforms who died in an accident of a military plane was first published in Digital Process.

Legal Medicine reported that the 69 uniformed men who died in the accident of the Hercules C-130 plane in Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo) last Monday were identified. The tragedy, an unprecedented event in the recent history of Colombian aviation, also left a balance of 57 wounded. “This fundamental step provides answers to the families of the victims, whom we accompany in their pain,” the entity wrote in a statement with the names of the uniformed …

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La Silla Vacía broke the news in on Monday, March 30, 2026.
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