Four young children have been released from hospital, after spending 40 days surviving in the Colombian jungle against the threat of snakes, jaguars and drug gangs. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the rescue effort as the beginning of a "new Colombia".
BOGOTA: Four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Colombian Amazon have been released from a military hospital after a monthlong stay, authorities said on Friday, adding that the siblings were doing very well. Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (5) and baby Cristin (1) were the only survivors after the small plane they were flying in crashed in the jungle. All three adults on board, including their mother, died.