Four children found alive after being lost in Colombian jungle for 40 days

[Judi Lynn]

Graeme Massie
Los Angeles
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In this handout picture released by the Colombian Presidency members the Army pose four Indigenous children after spending more than a month lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest following a small plane crash, in Colombia's Guaviare jungle on June 9, 2023
In this handout picture released by the Colombian Presidency members the Army pose four Indigenous children after spending more than a month lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest following a small plane crash, in Colombia's Guaviare jungle on June 9, 2023

(Colombian Presidency/AFP via Get)

Four children who survived a plane crash have been found alive after 40 days lost in a Colombian jungle, according to the country’s president.

Gustavo Petro announced that the four siblings who disappeared after a plane they were on went down in the Amazon rainforest had survived their ordeal and were receiving medical treatment.

“A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle appeared alive,” Mr Petro tweeted on Friday.

The president said the youngsters, who were found alone, are an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”

The siblings - 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, nine-year-old Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, four-year-old Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy and 11-month-old Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy - were travelling in a Cessna 206 plane when it crashed on 1 May near the Guaviare province.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colombia-jungle-lost-children-found-b2355002.html