(Bogotá) The four children, ages 13, 9, 4 and one, missing in Colombia’s Amazon jungle since the crash on 1er May from the small plane in which they were traveling, were found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced on Friday.
“A joy for the whole country! The four children lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle have been found alive, ”he wrote in a post on Twitter accompanied by a photo of soldiers and indigenous people participating in the operation to find the siblings.
“Yes, the children have been found, but I need a flight or a helicopter to get them urgently,” the children’s grandfather Fidencio Valencia told AFP.
Originally from the Uitoto indigenous group, the children had been wandering alone in the jungle since the crash of the Cessna 206 in which they were traveling with their mother, the pilot and a relative. All three adults died, and their bodies were found by the military at the crash site.