Colombia offers $ 800,000 prize for information on helicopter attack FARC news

A helicopter carrying President Duque was shot near the Venezuelan border on Friday.

The Colombian government is offering nearly $ 800,000 in prize money for information to catch those behind it an attack He was in a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque near the Venezuelan border.

The helicopter was approaching Cucuta airport on a flight from Sardinia when it was shot several times, apparently like rifles.

Duke Diego Molano was flying with Defense Minister Daniel Palacios and other officials at the time.

No one was injured in the crash, but photos released by the president’s office hit the tail and main shovel.

“A prize of 3 billion Colombian pesos [$796,000] is offering to get information on who is “responsible for this attack,” Molano said in a video posted on social media on Saturday.

General Jorge Vargas, the head of the national police, said a search team sent to a nearby Cucuta neighborhood found a AK-47 and a 7.62-caliber rifle “bearing the Venezuelan armed forces mark.”

We offer a reward of 3,000 million pesos for the information that allows the location of those responsible for the attack on the President @IvanDuque. We call on you to join the Colombians #Public force to defeat terrorism together: @Diego_Molano pic.twitter.com/jU7C8p9RZQ

– Mindefensa (@mindefensa) June 26, 2021

Translation: “We offer a prize of 3 billion pesos [$796,000] @IvanDuque to obtain information that allows the location of those responsible for the attack on President. We call on Colombians to join the #Public Force together to defeat terrorism, ”Molano said.

The Duke has repeatedly accused Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro of providing refuge to Colombian dissidents and armed rebel fighters.

Bogota and Caracas broke off diplomatic relations shortly after the Conservative Duke came to power in 2018.

‘Our statue is strong’

Earlier on Friday, Duque attended an event in the Catatumbo region, one of the world’s leading coca breeding sites in a country that is a major exporter of cocaine.

The arrests of the disbanded FARC rebel group, an active group of fighters called the National Liberation Army (ELN) and other armed gangs have been fighting for the profits of drug trafficking on Venezuela’s long and porous border.

“We are not afraid of violence or acts of terrorism,” Duque said after the attack on his helicopter. “Our statue is strong.”

Colombia has experienced the worst violence in recent years, especially in rural areas on the border area.