(CNN Spanish) — Bogotá’s Central Military Hospital said in a statement on Thursday that the condition of children found in the Colombian Amazon who had been missing for 40 days is improving.
“Despite their adequate evolution, from the point of view of epidemics, they are still considered to be at high risk due to their lack of nutrition, in order to achieve their optimal state, the management of infectious diseases inherent to the adverse conditions they faced is maintained. Health,” the report added.
Lesly Mucutuy, 13 years; Soleiny Mucutuy, 9 years old; Tien Noriel Ranoque Mucutuy, who completed 5 years in the jungle, and Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy, who completed a year in the jungle, surfaced alive last Friday after being missing for 40 days in the jungle. The plane they were traveling in crashed. The three adults who were with them, including their mother, were killed.
More than 100 Colombian Special Forces soldiers and more than 70 indigenous scouts are involved in the military-led search operation.
The forest where they were looking for the children lies between the departments of Guerrier and Caqueta, the border between the Amazon region in Colombia, a vast jungle region, and the eastern plains, sparsely populated areas that are difficult to access. Presence of rebel groups.
CNN en Español’s Fernando Ramos, Stefano Pozzebon and Mitchell McCluskey with information from Sahar Akbarzai, Heather, Caitlin Hu, Hira Humayun, Karol Suarez, Chris Lau, Rafael Romo, Sebastián Jiménez and Kiarinna Parisi.
