Colombian President Gustavo Petro has confirmed that three children, aged 13, 9 and 4, and an 11-month-old infant have gone missing in the Amazonian jungle in the country’s south following a May 1 plane crash. .
Petro said “four children who went missing 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle have been found alive” and were found on Friday by soldiers involved in the search.
“Joy for the whole country!” — the head of state wrote on the social network Twitter.
In accordance with The keeperit is believed that indigenous children, malnourished and covered in insect bites, ate food from survival kits dropped into the jungle by a search party and used their own ancestral knowledge.
The children survived severe storms in one of the country’s most inhospitable areas. They were taken to the city of San José de Guaviare for a medical examination and psychological evaluation.