Colombia decorates rescue team that found children lost in Amazon
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on June 26, 2023 awards a medal of honour to a soldier involved in the search and rescue of four missing children in the Amazon. – AFP pic, June 27, 2023.
COLOMBIA yesterday awarded one of its highest decorations to the soldiers, Indigenous rescuers and civil servants who led a successful operation to find four children lost for weeks in the Amazon. In a ceremony held in Bogota, President Gustavo Petro praised the collaboration between the military and Indigenous communities, awarding members of the mission, dubbed Operation Hope, with medals of the Order of Boyaca – the second highest distinction in the armed forces, and the highest for civilians.
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