Mother of children rescued from the Colombian jungle was alive for four days

The mother of the four indigenous children rescued after a 40-day survival feat in the jungle colombian She remained alive for four days after the May 1 plane crash, her husband revealed Sunday.

“The only thing that clarifies for her (Lesly) is that the mother was alive for four days, so before she died the mother tells them, perhaps, ‘go away, you are going to see who your father is, who does know what father’s love is how (I) showed them to you’”, he declared to the press Manuel Miller Ranoque next to the military hospital in Bogota where minors recover Huitoto community.

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leslie (13 years), soleiny (9) Tien Noriel (5) and Cristin (1) were found alive on Friday in the middle of the Amazon jungle in the south of the country and 5 km from the site of the accident, in which three adult crew members died.

Between May 15 and 16, a group of soldiers found in the apartment of the caqueta the dead pilot in the cockpit. The plane was trapped between trees and had the front part destroyed.

Magdalena Mucutuymother of the children, and an indigenous leader also died, although the uniformed officers did not specify where their bodies were.

More than a hundred soldiers and indigenous people from the area, supported by sniffer dogs, followed the trail of the minors as they walked through the jungle.

Lesly, you have a nature”warrior” and it is very “intelligent”, kept his younger siblings safe, his grandparents have told AFP in interviews.

The news of the lost children went around the world, with videos and photographs of the Army on the day-to-day of the search operations in which they found makeshift shelters with branches, scissors, hair ties, shoes, clothes, a bottle, bitten fruits and footprints.

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The search was difficult due to the thick vegetation in the area, with trees that reach 40 meters in height, the presence of jaguars and snakes, and the permanent rain that prevents possible calls for help from being heard.

In this region of difficult access by river and without highways, the inhabitants usually travel in private flights.

The minors boarded the plane with their mother on May 1 to flee from the dissidents of the peace agreement between the FARC and the government, who recruit and intimidate the inhabitants of the area, indicated General Pedro Sanchezin charge of the rescue.

Source: Elcomercio

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