he was praying for the victims. those responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. now we return to that extraordinary story out of colombia, when four children were found in the jungle 40 days after their plane crashed may. the bbc s visualjournalism team has been mapping the massive search effort that found them. to talk us through it, here s mimi swaby from the bbc world service. the plane the children were flying in crashed over colombia s southeastern amazon on the 1st of may. now, the body of the mother, the pilot and an indigenous leader on board were all recovered at the site. however, the children, now 13, nine, five and one were then missing for 40 days before they were found by a search party consisting of 160 soldiers and 70 indigenous people.
reporter: the rescue mission, successful against all odds. four children found alive after spending 40 days in the thick of the jungle. bringing their relatives to tears. translator: let them come here to their grandparents, to their aunt and their uncle and their grandmother. reporter: the colombian president sharing the good news with reporters. translator: the indigenous and the military together found the kids after 40 days. they were alone. these are the children of peace and the children of colombia. reporter: the rescue on friday night caps an all-around effort by hundreds of soldiers to locate the little ones who had gone missing since the small plane they were traveling on with their mother crashed in the forest the 1st of may. the bodies of their mother and two other adults were soon
that s how their president described the incredible rescue of four indigenous children missing since the 1st of may. this is video of the children being taken off the military air ambulance that brought them from the jungle to bogota for treatment. the four siblings went missing when the small plane they were traveling on crashed in the jungle. here s the latest. reporter: a rescue mission successful against all odds, four children found alive after spending 40 days in the thick of the amazon jungle, bringing their relatives to tears. let them come here to their grandparents, to their aunt, and their uncle, their grandmother. reporter: cthe president sharing the news. reporter: t they were foun
after 40 days, they were alone, a historical statement of survival today, these are the children of peace and the children of colombia. reporter: the rescue captures an effort by scouts to locate the little ones missing since the small plane they were traveling on with their mother crashed in the forest on the 1st of may. the bodies of their mother and two other adults were soon recovered. but hope never faded to find them alive. the military finding footprints and relics to keep the search going day after day, until finally a photo emerged from the depth of the forest, we have them, they re coming home. this is cnn, bogota. ukraine takes a long view of a devastating dam collapse that caused massive flooding. still ahead, why some farmers may have to wait for years to see their crops grow again. also leave, ahead, we re live in
translator: the indigenous and the military together found the kids after 40 days. they were alone. a historical statement of survival today. these are the children of peace and the children of colombia. reporter: the rescue on friday nightcaps an all-around effort by hundreds of soldiers and indigenous scouts throw indicate the little ones who had gone missing since the small plane they were traveling on with their mother crashed in the forest on the 1st of may. the bodies of their mother and two other adults were soon recovered, but hope never faded to find them alive. they found foodprints and relics to keep the search going day after day until finally a photo emerged from the depth of the forest. we have them. they re coming home. reporter: it s just amazing if you think how young they are.