“Two helicopters were mobilized to proceed with the mobilization of the wounded,” whose condition was not specified, “to be taken to the heliport of the Major Salvador Córdoba del Senan Air Base in Nicanor and later to Panama City,” indicated a statement from the Panamanian Ministry of Public Security.
The wounded were identified as Vice First Sergeant Jhonatan del Río, First Corporal Alejandro Gutiérrez Trejos and professional soldier Galindo Suárez Prada by the Colombian military authorities, who reported for their part that They were evacuated to a specialized medical center in the municipality of Apartadó, Antioquia.
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The aircraft crashed “approximately one kilometer from the Binational Surveillance Post, located in La Olla, province of Darién”, bordering the South American country, when it was carrying out “a personnel relief mission”said a statement from the Ministry of Security of Panama.
The Minister of Security of Panama, Juan Manuel Pinoexpressed his “total solidarity with the brother country and especially with the Colombian Army, to whom all possible collaboration is being provided,” according to the statement.