BOGOTA, June 10 (Reuters) - Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia's southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an "acceptable" state of health, the government said on Saturday.
"In general the boy and the girls are in an acceptable state.
The youngest of the children turned one while in the jungle, while her brother had his fifth birthday, he said.
Clues as to the siblings' whereabouts have been reported for weeks as the search, dubbed Operation Hope, continued.
Three adults, including the pilot and the children's mother, died in the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane.
Persons:
Gustavo Petro, Petro, Ivan Velasquez, Fidencio Valencia, Velasquez, General Carlos Rincon, Hope, Wilson, gaunt, Manuel Ranoque, San Jose del Guaviare, Carolina Pulice, Luis Jaime Acosta, Nelson Bocanegra, Oliver Griffin, Jamie Freed, Andrea Ricci
Organizations:
Twitter, Cessna, Thomson
Locations:
BOGOTA, Caqueta province, Bogota, Araracuara, Caqueta, San Jose, Guaviare