New Footprints Revive Hope in Colombia of Finding Four Children Missing in Jungle

New Footprints Revive Hope in Colombia of Finding Four Children Missing in Jungle
Indigenous people line up upon arrival at the airport in San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia, on May 21, 2023, to help search for four Indigenous children missing after a deadly plane crash. Fernando Vergara/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BOGOTA, Colombia—The discovery in recent days of small footprints in a southern jungle-covered part of Colombia has rekindled hope of finding alive four children who survived a small plane crash and went missing a month ago.

Searchers found footprints Tuesday about 2 miles ( 3.2 kilometers) northwest of where the plane crashed May 1 with three adults and four indigenous children aged 13, 9 and 4 and 11 months, Gen. Pedro Sánchez, commander of the Joint Command of Special Operations said in an interview with The Associated Press.