BOGOTÁ – The Colombian government offered a reward of three billion pesos ($796,000) for information about the attack on the president’s helicopter.
President Iván Duque was nearing Cúcuta airport near the border with Venezuela when his aircraft was hit by gunfire on Friday. Nobody on board was injured.
Defence Minister Diego Molano – who was also on board the aircraft – offered the reward for any information leading to the culprits on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the national police found two rifles in a Cúcuta neighborhood – AK-47, and a 7.62 calibre rifle.
The 7.62 calibre rifle had “the marks of the Armed Forces of Venezuela”, according to police chief General Jorge Vargas.(BBC)
