Colombian children who survived five weeks in jungle released from hospital


  • World
  • Saturday, 15 Jul 2023

Director of the Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) Astrid Caceres speaks during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country's Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay, the government said on Friday.

The children, aged 1 through 13, survived the May 1 crash that killed their mother and two other adults and were found last month.

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