Colombian president visits kids present in jungle 5 weeks after lethal aircraft crash

Four kids who had been lacking for greater than 5 weeks after a aircraft crash are in an “acceptable” state of well being, the Colombian authorities has stated.

On Saturday, President Gustavo Petro, first woman Veronica Alcocer and different officers visited the siblings at a hospital in Bogota.

They gave the youngsters items and spoke to medical doctors and relations about how the youngsters had been doing after their ordeal.

The three ladies – aged 13, 9 and one – and five-year-old boy had been discovered on Friday within the deep depths of the jungle in Caqueta province after a lethal crash wherein three adults, together with the pilot, misplaced their lives.

At the time, Mr Petro stated the youngsters had been discovered by one of many rescue canines that troopers took into the jungle.

The kids had been alone when the rescue crew discovered them.

‘We by no means anticipated to search out them so effectively’

“In general the boy and the girls are in an acceptable state. According to the medical reports they are out of danger,” defence minister Ivan Velasquez stated throughout a information convention after the go to.

The kids are usually not but in a position to eat however are being hydrated and stabilised, he stated.

The siblings’ great-uncle Fidencio Valencia stated they had been “very thin but I know they’re in good hands”.

“We never expected to find them so well,” he added.

Army Major General Carlos Rincon stated the youngsters had some insect bites and different minor accidents, however “life-threatening conditions are ruled out”.

Doctors stated the one-year-old woman is in steady situation, however “requires more attention from the nutritional point of view, but here with our interdisciplinary team and the family, we will start this process, which is not a short but a medium and long term process”.

During the information briefing, Astrid Caceres, the director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, added: “They told us about the little dog that got lost, that they don’t know where it was and that it was accompanying them. We have spoken little about their experiences, but we have talked about how they feel.

“They do not speak a lot and they’re weak, though they need to play. When a toddler performs, it is fantastic. They nonetheless do not speak as a lot as you prefer to them to. Let’s give them time.”

The Colombian defence minister recognised the 13-year-old woman for her bravery and for taking good care of her siblings – the youngest of which turned one whereas within the jungle.

During the rescue mission, troopers discovered small clues that led them to imagine the youngsters had been nonetheless alive.

They included a pair of footprints, a child bottle, nappies and items of fruit that seemed like people had eaten them.

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The ordeal first started after the small Cessna single-engine propeller aircraft they had been on fell off the radar within the early hours of 1 May.

Before the aircraft crash, the pilot declared an emergency as a consequence of an engine failure.

At the time the aircraft was discovered on 16 May, the youngsters had been nowhere to be seen.

Officials stated the group of 4 kids had been travelling with their mom from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to San Jose del Guaviare when the aircraft crashed.