Defense Minister Diego Molano of Colombia has announced a 3,000,000,000 peso (Just under the equivalent of 800,000 United States dollars) reward for information leading to culprits after President Iván Duque Márquez's helicopter was hit by gunfire. Alongside the President, Defense Minister Diego Molano, Interior Minister Daniel Palacios, and Governor of Norte de Santander Silvano Serrano were also on the helicopter. According to local media outlets, the helicopter's tail region and main rotor blade were hit by the attackers. While no one on board the aircraft was injured, the United Nations, European Union, and United States of America have all condemned the attack.

National police chief General Jorge Vargas later announced that they found an AK-47 assault rifle and a 7.62 caliber rifle with "marks of the Armed Forces of Venezuela" in a Cúcuta neighborhood, which they believe could have been used in the attack. Currently, it is unclear which person or group may be responsible for the attack.

Prior to the shooting, President Duque was attending an event in the Catatumbo region, which spans the Colombia-Venezuela border. In the past, Columbia accused Venezuela of harboring National Liberation Army rebel fighters, a claim that Venezuela denies. The two nations broke off diplomatic relations when President Duque came to power in 2018. The region visited by the president is also an area in which coca plants are grown, which can be processed to make cocaine. President Duque said that the "cowardly" attack will not make him stop fighting illegal drug trafficking nor organized crime, and that "the message is that Colombia is always strong in the face of crime". 

Note: The first and last photos used in this article were uploaded by the Presidency of Colombia, and shows the damage done to the tail section and rotor of the helicopter respectively. The image of the Colombian flag was retrieved from the public domain, and can be used for commercial purposes without attribution or citation.