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

[Judi Lynn]

1. 4 children rescued from Colombian jungle 40 days after plane crash, president says

Pilot among 3 adults killed when Cessna 206 aircraft crashed May 1
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 09, 2023 7:46 PM CDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

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Soldiers attend to children that were rescued in the jungles of Caqueta, Colombia, on Friday. (Colombian Military Forces/Reuters)
Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the south of the country more than five weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Friday.

The children were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia's Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to where the small plane had crashed.

The plane — a Cessna 206 — was carrying seven people on a route between Araracuara, in Amazonas province, and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure in the early hours of May 1.

Three adults, including the pilot, died as a result of the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane. The four children, aged 13, nine and four, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact.

Photos shared by Colombia's military showed a group of soldiers with the four children in the middle of the jungle.

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A soldier stands next to the wreckage of a plane in the jungle of Caqueta, Colombia, on May 19. (Colombian Military Forces/Reuters)

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