Colombia uses satellites and indigenous prayers in search of missing children

Using satellite technology, authorities are trying to determine the path taken by children aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as the 11-month-old baby, after a plane crash on May 1.

The brothers of the Huitoto ethnic group disappeared between the departments (states) of Caquetá and Guaviare, in the south of the country, after the accident, in which their mother, the piloto and an indigenous leader.

More than 160 soldiers search for children by land and air. And a group of seven indigenous peoples from across the country, accustomed to traveling through the forest, joined the search over the weekend.

According to the Presidency, the original communities “carry out spiritual processes, which consist of talking to the forest and asking it to speak” and help them locate the minors.

The Air Force, in turn, dropped 10 leaflets from helicopters with instructions in Spanish and the native language on how to contact authorities if they have any information.

Military forces suspect that the children are wandering across a territory of around 323 square kilometers. Over the weekend, 100 aircraft were released kits survival with food and water.

During the searches, a footprint, belongings, an improvised shelter and a bitten fruit were found. Family members claim that the older brother has great ability to move around in the jungle, therefore, they believe they are alive.

President Gustavo Petro even said, on Wednesday, that the minors had been found alive, but the next day he backtracked and apologized for the false information.

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