20 Soldiers Killed in Black Hawk Crash
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A U.S.-donated military helicopter crashed while flying in thick fog during a nighttime counter-narcotics mission in southwestern Colombia, killing all 20 Colombian soldiers aboard, the army said.
The Black Hawk helicopter went down 340 miles southwest of the capital, Bogota.
Early investigations indicate the crash was caused by bad weather, the army said.
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