BOGOTA: Four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Colombian Amazon have been released from a military hospital after a monthlong stay, authorities said on Friday, adding that the siblings were doing "very well." Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (5) and baby Cristin (1) were the only survivors after the small plane they were flying in crashed in the jungle. All three adults on board, including their mother, died.
CHILDREN'S CUSTODIAN Astrid Caceres, director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, speaks during a news conference in the capital Bogota on Friday, July 14, 2023. AFP PHOTO