Children were alone when searchers found them
Sensing that they could be alive, Colombia’s army stepped up the hunt for the children and flew 150 soldiers with dogs into the area to track the group of four siblings, ages 13, 9, 4 and 11 months. Dozens of volunteers from Indigenous tribes also helped search.
“The union of our efforts made this possible” Colombia’s military command wrote on its Twitter account. Rumors also emerged about the childrens’ wheareabouts and on May 18, President Petro tweeted that the children had been found. He then deleted the message, claiming he had been misinformed by a government agency.
They are members of the Huitoto people, and officials said the oldest children in the group, had some knowledge of how to survive in the rainforest.
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