4 Colombian Children Survived Plane Crash and 40 Days Alone In Amazon Jungle
Colombian officials announced the children’s rescue Friday, bringing a happy ending to a long search after the plane crashed on May 1.
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Children Missing in Amazon Jungle Found Alive After 40 Days
Rescuers had been searching for the children — aged 13, 9, 4 and 1 — ever since they survived a plane crash that killed the three adults on board.
‘Miracle, miracle’: lone children survive 40 days in Amazon jungle
The four Indigenous children were the only survivors of a plane crash that killed their motherA few tantalising clues kept the rescuers going. The remains of fruit with bitemarks made by small human teeth, a pair of scissors and nappies in the rainfore…
Colombia’s president and ELN guerrillas agree six-month ceasefire
Talks in Cuba between Gustavo Petro and rebel leader Antonio García aimed at ending decades of conflict and follows Farc dealColombia’s government and its largest remaining guerrilla group have agreed to a six-month ceasefire at talks in Cuba, in the l…
Colombian president’s allies resign amid illegal wiretapping scandal
Inquiry reveals phone calls of Gustavo Petro’s aide’s nanny were intercepted in ‘grotesque’ abuse of powerTwo of Gustavo Petro’s closest political allies have resigned as the Colombian president’s office was embroiled in a bizarre scandal involving a n…
Colombian elite backed death squads, former paramilitary commander says
Salvatore Mancuso testified to peace tribunal that rightwing AUC worked hand in glove with business, military and political eliteA notorious former commander of Colombia’s largest paramilitary group has revealed new details of how rightwing death squad…
Dispute in Colombia over whether children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash
President spoke of ‘joy for the country’ after four children had been found two weeks after crash, but military sources say they have no confirmation of the newsThere was confusion over whether four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia had…
Colombia cancels US deportation flights, blasting ‘cruel’ mistreatment of migrants
Head of Colombia’s migration agency cites degrading treatment by US officials as flights returning citizens suspendedColombia has suspended US deportation flights returning citizens detained at the Mexico border, because of cruel and degrading treatmen…
Amnesty International criticised for using AI-generated images
Group has removed AI images used to promote their reports on social media, including fake photos of Colombia’s 2021 protestsWhile the systemic brutality used by Colombian police to quell national protests in 2021 was real and is well documented, photos…
Indigenous community in Colombia gets its day in court over ‘ancestral land’
The U’wa people’s case against the Colombian government could help protect the environment across Latin AmericaAfter centuries fighting to protect their territory – and 26 years waiting to testify in an international legal dispute – an Andean Indigenou…