The Colombian president made use of his official profile on the social community Twitter on Wednesday to have a good time that the authorities had supposedly positioned the minors. President Petro has backtracked and has even gone as far as to delete such publication Sources from the Colombian Armed Forces consulted by the newspaper ‘El Tiempo’ have acknowledged not understanding the origin of the knowledge shared by President Petro
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has rectified his statements on Thursday the day earlier than and has now introduced that the authorities have nonetheless not been capable of find the 4 minors who’ve disappeared within the jungle because the starting of the month, when the airplane by which they have been touring with three different adults suffered an accident.
The Colombian president used his official profile on the Twitter social community on Wednesday to have a good time that the authorities had allegedly positioned the minors — three kids aged 13, 9 and 4, and an 11-month-old child, and even went as far as to label the information as “a pleasure for the nation”.
However, President Petro has backed down and has even gone as far as to delete mentioned publication as a result of the knowledge supplied by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) on which he primarily based his assertion “has not been capable of be confirmed.” “I’m sorry for what occurred,” he added.
the search continues
“The army forces and the indigenous communities will proceed of their tireless search to present the nation the information it’s ready for. At this second there is no such thing as a different precedence than that of advancing with the search till they’re discovered. The lives of kids are a very powerful factor “, Petro has asserted.
Sources from the Colombian Armed Forces consulted by the newspaper ‘El Tiempo’ have acknowledged that they’re unaware of the origin of the knowledge shared by President Petro, who has now ordered the Army and the ICBF to maneuver to the realm of the occasion, a jungle space between the departments of Guaviare and Caquetá.
The director of the ICBF, Astrid Cáseres, has indicated that, based on her data, “the youngsters are alive” however has referred to as for calm whereas the establishment confirms such information. “The data that we’ve got (…) signifies that it’s, however we want reconfirmation,” she mentioned earlier than the microphones of RCN Radio.
The Colombian authorities have positioned this week the stays of the airplane, which has disappeared because the starting of May, in addition to the lifeless our bodies of three of the seven passengers who have been on board the airplane earlier than it crashed, all of them adults.
The minors have been touring with their mom and one other companion in a small plane that suffered an accident whereas flying over a jungle space within the division of Caquetá (south). The authorities discovered the our bodies of the girl, her companion and the pilot on Tuesday, and located indications that the youngsters might nonetheless be alive.
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