BREAKING: Four children missing for 40 days in Colombia's Amazon jungle found alive
A soldier stands next to the wreckage of a plane during the search for child survivors from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed in the jungle more than two weeks ago in the jungles of Caqueta on May 19, 2023. / Photo: Reuters Archive
"A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle were found alive," Petro wrote on Friday on Twitter, where he posted a photograph of several military and Indigenous people who participated in the operation to locate and rescue the siblings. The bodies of the adults were found with the plane wreck, but a massive search by 160 soldiers and 70 Indigenous people with intimate knowledge of the jungle has been under way ever since for the youngsters — Lesly , Soleiny , Tien Noriel and baby Cristin.
Several clues to the children's continued survival had been found, including a baby's bottle, scissors, hair ties, shoes, clothing and even a footprint in the mud.
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