In the first attempt in almost 20 years against a Colombian head of state, Colombia's presidential helicopter was hit by bombs near the Venezuelan border.
President Ivan Duque and his colleagues were unharmed, and the officials didn't say which border side the rounds were coming from.
Colombia accuses Venezuela routinely of harboring on its territory Colombian rebels.
"This is a cowardly attack, where the presidential aircraft can show gunshot holes," Mr. Duque said in a statement.
Mr. Duque stated, when the chopper was attacked, he was flying with the Ministers of Defense and the Governor of the province of Norte de Santander that borders Venezuela.
Pictures published in the office of the president indicated that the tail was hit and the primary blade.
The "safety mechanisms" of the aircraft preventing the "lethal" assault Mr. Duque said.
'I gave the whole security crew extremely specific directions to follow those who fired the plane,' he claimed. He said.
The incident was all condemned by the US, the EU, and the United Nations mission in Colombia.
The presidential delegation left the village of Sardinata and came under fire to the frontier city of Cucuta.
In Catatumbo, one of the country's largest coca-growing areas, Mr. Duque had been present at an event. The biggest cocaine producer in the world is Colombia.
The FARC rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), the active guerrilla group, and other armed groupings fight drug trafficking turf disputes along the long, porous border with Venezuela.
After Mr. Duque, a Conservative came to office in 2018, the two countries break down relations. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro is in charge of Venezuela.
The Duque government accused Venezuela of refuging ELN fighters on a number of occasions.
"Violence or acts of terrorism do not scare us. Our state is powerful and Colombia strong to face such a threat, "After the assault on the chopper, Mr. Duque stated.
The area around the border was late violent.
On 16 June, 36 persons were injured by a vehicle bomb on a military base in Cucuta.
The administration accused the ELN of ending the peace talks in 2019.
The discussions began following the government's conclusion in 2016 of a historic peace agreement with the Farc, which brought decades of civil war to a close.
A blast that then attacked Alvaro Uribe in 2003 was the last attack against the Colombian President.
Before a plane carrying Mr. Uribe, who is Duque's political mentee, landed a twenty-kilogram bomb concealed in the building near the airport in the southwestern town of Neiva.
Fifteen persons were killed by the bomb and 66 injured. The Farc was blamed by the Government.
Mr. Duque has come to power and since the peace agreement with the Farc, the country has endured its worst outbreak of violence.
In isolated coca-producing districts, the government charges drug-financed organizations of carrying out massacres.
Mr. Duque also faces fury on the streets with his approval record at the rock low.
On April 28, tens of thousands of people expressed their dissatisfaction at the proposed tax increases that they claimed would harm the middle class, already economically suffering from the pandemic.
But the protests turned into a bigger grassroots movement to breathe a grip on inequality, education, and other issues by accusing the authorities of heavily involved police intervention to stop marches. The administration revoked the idea. In the uprising, almost 60 people died.
