4 kids found alive in Amazon more than 2 weeks after plane crash, Colombia's president says

Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country."

Petro said on Twitter the children were found after "arduous search efforts" by the military, which has yet to confirm the rescue.

More than 100 soldiers had been deployed with sniffer dogs to search for the minors who were traveling in an airplane that crashed on May 1, leaving three adults including the pilot and the children's mother dead.