<span style="color: #222222;">Seven Venezuelan military officers were killed in a helicopter crash outside capital Caracas. In a statement, the armed forces said, the chopper was heading to San Carlos in Cojedes state. The  chopper hurtled into a mountain in the early hours of an overcast day. An investigation was underway.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Two lieutenant colonels as well as five lower-ranking officers were on board the helicopter.</span><br />''  <br />