▁of ▁blue ▁leaves ", ▁past ed ▁on ▁the ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁hel ic opter . ▁The ▁same ▁logo ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁web ▁site ▁for ▁a ▁N GO ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁in ▁Barcelona , ▁Spain , ▁though ▁CNN ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁contact ▁or ▁verify ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁organization . ▁ ▁An ▁official ▁Red ▁Cross ▁sp okes man ▁told ▁CNN ▁that ▁" the ▁International ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁cannot ▁confirm ▁that ▁its ▁logo ▁and / or ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁em blem ▁were ▁used ... the ▁IC RC ▁maintain s ▁an ▁on going ▁confident ial ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁authorities ▁on ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁issues , ▁including ▁news ▁reports ▁that ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁em blem ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁this ▁operation ." ▁ ▁CNN ' s ▁report ▁mentioned ▁that ▁Colomb ian ▁re bel ▁groups ▁F AR C ▁and ▁EL N ▁had ▁themselves ▁mis used ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁em blem ▁in ▁earlier ▁inc idents . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 6 , ▁Uri be ▁announced ▁that ▁an ▁internal ▁investigation ▁had ▁found ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁officers ▁who ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁operation ▁had ▁individually ▁decided ▁to ▁make ▁una ut hor ized ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁Red ▁Cross ▁em blem , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁nerv ous ▁and ▁fe ared ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁armed ▁gu err illas . ▁Uri be ▁said ▁that ▁Juan ▁Manuel ▁Santos ▁had ▁apolog ized ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Red ▁Cross . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁government ' s ▁declarations , ▁Red ▁Cross