The Government announced that it will use detailed satellite images with which it tries to locate the four minors who have disappeared since the beginning of the month in a jungle area of the country after the accident of the plane in which they were traveling with three other adults, all of them deceased.
In addition, the authorities have stressed that in recent hours the operation has intensified to find the location of the minors –thirteen, nine and four years old, and another eleven months old– with the arrival in the area of new members of the Military forces and indigenous communities.
According to a statement from the Executive, in the last hours members of the indigenous communities of Araracuara, Buenos Aires, Mitú, Puerto Leguízamo, Florencia and Cauca have joined in order to also increase collaboration with the National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC).
The Colombian Military Forces have distributed more than a hundred survival kits through the jungle in recent days. Each kit weighs about 4.4 kilos and is equipped with two bottles of water, two of serum, food and survival items such as flares and whistles.
The minors were traveling with their mother and another companion in a small aircraft that suffered an accident while flying over the department of Caquetá (south), in a jungle area. Authorities found the bodies of the three adults Tuesday but found evidence that the children were still alive.
Last Thursday, President Gustavo Petro announced that the minors had been found alive, but just one day later he had to rectify, alluding to “a misunderstanding.” The authorities then confirmed that the rescue operations were continuing.
2023-05-23 04:36:19
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