.jpeg "President Pedro has confirmed that 4 boys who went missing in the Colombian jungle a month ago have been found alive.")
The Four children are missing after a plane crash in the jungles of southern Colombia Colombian President Gustavo Pedro confirmed on Twitter that they had been found alive.
” Joy to the whole country! “4 children who disappeared 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle have appeared alive,” the Colombian president wrote.
Children They were isolated and receiving medical treatmentPedro told reporters on his return to Bogotá from Cuba, where he had gone to sign a cease-fire agreement with the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army.
“This is a case that keeps Colombians in suspense and it will now go down in history,” the president declared.
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The President said The minors—13, 9, and 4 years old and an 11-month-old baby—were “examples of survival.”He went missing in the forest for more than a month after the plane crash in which he was traveling with his mother, who died in the crash.
Even President Gustavo Pedro, He was forced to delete a tweet celebrating the children’s survival. The President issued a correction saying that the information originally received from the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) could not be confirmed.
Little is known about the health of the juveniles and how they survived
According to El Tiempo newspaper, citing military sources, the children show signs of malnutrition, dehydration and some suffering from insect bites.
were identified as children Leslie Mucutuy13 years old; Soleiny Mucutuy9; Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy4, and Christine Neriman Ranok Mukutui11 months.
Later, President Pedro said that, in general, All four are in good health “although they look emaciated and malnourishedA natural thing after living the odyssey”.
Little ones, each other’s brothers, They were found in a remote area between the departments of Caqueta and Guerrier The search was tireless for weeks by around 200 soldiers, including commandos from the Army Special Forces and various tribal people who knew the jungle.
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How children disappeared in the Colombian jungle
A Cessna C206 light aircraft, carrying seven people, He was flying from Araraguara to San Jose del Guerreira in the early hours of May 1. in Central Columbia, when he reported engine failure. The plane disappeared from the radar shortly after.
Authorities found the wreckage of the plane two weeks later and the bodies of three adults, but not the other crew members: four children, ages 11 months, 4, 9 and 13, all brothers.
The search in the forest was carried out by soldiers and tribal people from the area. From the beginning, the armed forces had hoped to find them alive.
A month after the plane crash, Search teams reported human footprints 3.2 kilometers to the northwest Three adults and four minors were on board from the crash site. After this clue and days passed without any bodies being found, the belief that the children were alive, that they had changed paths, that they were alone and struggling to survive continued.
