Debris of a crashed transport plane of Colombian Air Force is seen near the town of Codazzi, about 600 kilometers northeast of Bogota, Colombia, near the border with Venezuela. Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of Cesar, killing all on board, according to a statement from the Air Force. The burned hulk of the plane was found near Codazzi. President Juan Manuel Santos called the victims “heroes” in a Tweet.

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