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Father of Missing Children in Colombian Jungle Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse

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Colombia's Attorney General's Office on Saturday released the 32-year prison sentence for sexual abuse imposed by a judge on the father of the four indigenous children who survived 40 days in the jungle.

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Colombian justice has sentenced Manuel Ranoque, stepfather and father of the four indigenous children lost in the depths of the Colombian Amazon jungle in May 2023, to 32 years in prison for sexual abuse, after the plane crash in which his mother, pilot and a friend of the family died. Under 13, 9 and 4 years old, along with an 11-month-old baby, they were rescued after 40 days in the framework of an operation called ‘Operation Hope’. The epic s…

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The father of two who rose to international fame in 2023 after his 40-day survival trek through the Colombian jungle was sentenced Saturday to 32 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing his stepdaughter. The victim, the eldest of the four surviving children, was only 10 years old when the abuse began, according to Colombian authorities.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A Colombian judge sentenced Manuel Ranoque , a stepfather of the minors who were rescued in 2023 after spending 40 days lost in the Amazon jungle , to 32 years in prison for sexual abuse for almost three years of the oldest of the girls , the Public Prosecutor said this Saturday. The sentence, issued by a criminal court in Florence, capital of the department of Caquetá (south), found him guilty of the crimes of violent carnal access and sexual a…

·Spain
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The father of two of the children who had survived 40 days in the Colombian jungle after the crash of their plane, in 2023, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexual abuse of his daughter-in-law. He was found guilty of having raped the minor several times from his 10th birthday, announced Saturday the prosecutor's office. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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After a plane crash, the siblings spent 40 days in the rainforest. The father of the younger children is now locked up for 32 years.

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The Colombian Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Saturday the sentence of 32 years in prison for sexual abuse set by a judge against the father of the four indigenous children...

·Madrid, Spain
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Telemundo 20 broke the news in on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
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