10yo boy seeking mum ends up in Chile

A 10-year-old Bolivian boy who hid on a truck in an effort to visit his mother in prison ended up in Chile after an unexpected 500-kilometre trek through the Andes mountains, officials said.

The boy, identified as Franklin Villca, ended up in the Chilean city of Iquique, 1,800 kilometres north of Santiago, after a three-day journey without food or water in the compartment of a truck carrying minerals — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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