Father of two of the four children lost for 40 days in Amazon jungle arrested

Manuel Ranoque, the father of two of the youngest Indigenous children who survived an Amazon plane crash (AP)

The father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults, then survived 40 days on their own in the Amazon jungle, has been arrested, Colombian authorities said.

The Colombian prosecutor’s office confirmed officials arrested Manuel Ranoque, who is the father of the one and four-year-old boys in the crash and the stepfather of the two girls, aged nine and 13.