Kids lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 11, 2023 12:22 am

BOGOTA: Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early on Saturday.

The children, who survived a small plane crash in the jungle, were transported by an army medical plane to a military airport at about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. They were immediately taken off the plane on stretchers, with ambulances waiting to bring them to the hospital.

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