Bogotá, Colombia: Four Indigenous children rescued in the Colombian Amazon last week after surviving in the jungle for 40 days are in good health but still at high risk of infection, the military hospital treating them said Thursday.
The children, ages 13, 9, 4, and 1, were rescued by Colombian authorities after they were the sole survivors of a small plane crash that killed three adults in early May.
BOGOTA: The four Indigenous children who were rescued after wandering in the Colombian Amazon jungle for 40 days are recovering and in high spirits, welfare officials said on Monday, even drawing a picture thought to depict a missing army search dog.
Lost for 40 days in the Colombian Amazon, four Indigenous children survived eating seeds, roots and plants they knew were edible thanks to their upbringing.