Search Group Of 4 Children Missing In The Amazon Rain Forest Press Conference - Bogota

Search Group Of 4 Children Missing In The Amazon Rain Forest Press Conference - Bogota

Dairo Mucutuy, uncle of surviving children from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed, during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia. June 15, 2023. After four Indigenous children were rescued in the Colombian Amazon on June 9, 2023, after surviving in the jungle for 40 days statements say children are in good health but still at "high risk" of infection of the military hospital treating them said on June 15. It took nearly 200 militaries with search dogs and Indigenous rescuers 40 days to track down the siblings in difficult jungle conditions. Photo by Chepa Beltran/Long VIsual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

4 Colombian children found alive after 40 days in jungle

STORY: 4 Colombian children found alive after 40 days in jungle DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Bogota CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. photos of the rescue scene 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GUSTAVO PETRO, Colombian President 3. various of the children being airlifted STORYLINE: Four children have been rescued in the Colombian jungle 40 days after a plane crash and transferred to a military hospital in Bogota to receive medical treatment. The minors were siblings aged between one and 13 years old. They were spotted by rescuers in a jungle region of the southern department of Guaviare on Friday, after their plane crashed on May 1. The aircraft and the bodies of the pilot, an indigenous leader, and the children's mother were found on May 15. The siblings, whose family name is Mucutuy, reunited with their father and grandfather in the department's capital city of San Jose del Guaviare before being taken to the hospital. Colombian President Gustavo Petro later visited the hospital and met the c