Overview

• A judge in Florencia, Caquetá, imposed a 32-year prison term on Manuel Ranoque for aggravated sexual abuse against his stepdaughter.
• Prosecutors documented that Ranoque carried out violent carnal access and sexual acts between 2020 and 2023, using threats to silence the minor.
• The abuse allegations surfaced after a Colombian military operation found the four indigenous children who had survived 40 days in the Amazon following a 2023 plane crash.
• The Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar managed the children’s physical, emotional and spiritual recovery before returning them to relatives in June 2025.
• The confidential proceedings that began in August 2023 led to a July conviction and culminated today with the formal sentencing.