A Colombian military helicopter crashed on the border with Panama and four people died. The moments before the incident were recorded in a video that quickly went viral on social networks.
The episode, which occurred near a Colombian air base located in the municipality of Unguía, also left three people injured. The area where the helicopter fell is a stronghold of the Clan del Golfo, the main drug trafficking organization in Colombia, according to Colombian authorities.. A commission of experts is traveling to the site of the accident "to establish the circumstances of time, manner and place," the statement indicates.