Colombia plane crash: Children reportedly survived 16 days in jungle

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that there is no confirmation that four children who went missing after their plane crashed in the jungle more than two weeks ago have been rescued.

Search teams have found items they think belong to the children in the jungle as well as a makeshift shelter.

This has led them to believe the children have been wandering alone through the rainforest since the crash.

But Mr Petro said information about their rescue could not be verified.

The children – who range in age from between 13 years to 11 months – were on board a small plane along with their mother, a pilot and a co-pilot when it crashed on 1 May.

The adults all died in the crash.

News about the alleged rescue of the children was broken by the president himself on Wednesday afternoon local time, when he tweeted that they had been found “after arduous search efforts”.