Father of children rescued in Colombian jungle in 2023 is jailed for sex abuse
The public prosecutor's office on Saturday said the man raped his eldest stepdaughter several times from the age of 10.
Following the crash of a small plane in southern
Colombia in 2023, the four siblings, aged 13, 9, 5 and 1, spent 40 days in the rainforest until they were finally found by a search party made up of military personnel and indigenous people, in a case that made headlines worldwide.
The man who has now been sentenced was involved in the search for his children and stepchildren.
The children's mother, the pilot and an indigenous leader were killed in the accident.
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