A military plane crashed in southwestern Colombia, killing at least 66 people, most of them soldiers, shortly after takeoff Monday.

Colombian officials say that a military cargo plane with 128 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia. <img alt="People stand around a military cargo plane that crashed after taking off from Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, a remote municipality in the Amazonian province of Putumayo, Monday, March 23, 2026." src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3...