They find new clues of four missing children

The Colombian military and the indigenous population participating in the search for four minors who were the last to travel in the downed plane May 1st in the Amazon jungle they found new indications that the missing children may have survived.

In the last few hours, the combined search cells, composed of Military forces and indigenous Nukak received two days ago in the area, located in two different places pyearbooks, tennis shoes, cell phone accessories, bottle cap and towelThe army reported this Wednesday.

The first discovery was made 560 meters west of the crash site of the Cessna 206 with seven people, three of whom are adults who died, including the pilot, and four minors who are still being sought.

At that moment, Nukak’s wife and special forces commandos found a pair of tennis shoes – which, due to their size, would have belonged to a child younger than four years old -, a used diaper and a green towel.

In the second clue, they found another one a diaper, a pink cap from a bottle and a black frame from a mobile phonewhich were 428 meters northwest of the accident site, the army added.

Authorities are analyzing these findings to determine which route the four children took.

An aircraft operated by a company Avianline Charter’sapparently suffered engine failure while flying between Araracuara, a remote town located between the departments of Caquetá and Amazonas, and San José del Guaviare, and was found more than a week later near the hamlet of Palma Rosa, in the municipality of Solano (Caqueta).

Since then, the four minors have been intensively searched for: Lesly Mucutuy, 13 years; Soleiny Mucutuy, 9; Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy, 4, and Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy, 11 months.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE ALIVE

Due to the condition of these elements, the minors would have been there roughly between May 3 and 8, which, according to the Armed Forces, would indicate “the possibility that four children got out of the accident alive and that they may not have suffered open injuries.” because no traces of blood were found.

17 days ago, the special forces entered the jungle on the border between caqueta and Guaviare“where you cannot see what is further than 20 meters away, and the sun’s rays hardly reach through the trees.”

To date, the last clue about the minors was her May 18when recent traces were found near the pipe six kilometers from the accident.

“This fuels the enormous effort of Operation Nada, where more than 350 Colombians, including government institutions, civilians and communities, are using all their technological capabilities, knowledge and experience to defy the impossible and bring back the four children,” he said. said. the army.

Until now Military and civil aeronautics (Aerocivil) They also found a “shelter built improvised from sticks and branches”, where some “scissors and some kind of ‘bows’ with which women usually hold their hair” were found, and even pieces of fruit that could supposedly be eaten by men. children.

Previously, in another place, a dog that was part of the search found a bottle, which is assumed to have been used to feed the baby.