2023-06-12 13:10:14
The four children shortly after the Colombian army managed to locate them, 5 kilometers from the place of the plane crash and 40 days after the disaster. PRESIDENCY / REUTERS
NARRATIVE – Aged one to thirteen, four children first survived the crash of their plane and then 40 days of wandering in the forest. Their state of health is “satisfactory”.
« It is joy for the whole country, said President Gustavo Petro. The four children were found alive! » Lesly 13 years old, Soleiny, 9 years old, Tien Moriel, 4 years old and Cristin, 1 year old were found in the Colombian forest after forty days of wandering. Their state of health seems satisfactory: apart from mosquito bites and signs of dehydration, they are in good health but will have to remain for two to three weeks under observation in a military hospital in Bogotá.
Their incredible adventure has begun last may first. That day they embark with their mother Magdalena in a Cessna 206 bound for San José de Guaviare. This family belongs to the Uitoto ethnic group. They live in a small village in the state of Caqueta where no road leads. The only way to travel quickly: by plane. It was here that in the 1930s, a president decided to set up a prison for the most dangerous criminals: impossible…
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