Helicopter crash kills 5 anti-narcotics police in Colombia

(CNN Spanish) – Five officers of the Anti-narcotics Police died this Sunday in the accident of a helicopter in the municipality of Cantagallo, south of the Bolívar Department.

The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, said that “the facts are the subject of investigation” and that the area of ​​the accident has already been secured by the police.

We regret to inform that in the morning hours the air accident of a helicopter of the institution was registered, in the path of Patico Alto in the department of Bolívar, where 5 of our best men died, who were carrying out work against drug trafficking. pic.twitter.com/CrpH2o49hJ

– Anti-narcotics Police (@PoliciaAntiNar) May 30, 2021