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Mitchell Holman wrote

They sure as fuck weren't liberals.

Four young children have been found alive after more than a month
wandering the Amazon where they survived like ochildren of the jungle,o according to ColombiaAs President Gustavo Petro.

oTheir learning from indigenous families and their learning of living in
the jungle has saved them,o Petro told reporters on Friday, after
announcing on Twitter that they had been found 40 days after they went
missing following a plane crash that killed their mother.

Petro said the children were all together when they were found, adding
they had demonstrated an example of ototal survival that will be
remembered in history.o

oThey are children of the jungle and now they are children of Colombia,o
he added.

Revealing their discovery earlier in the day, the Colombian president had tweeted an image that seems to show search crews treating the children in
a forest clearing, along with the words: oA joy for the whole country!o

Their grandmother, Mar0a Fbtima Valencia, said she was ogoing to hug all
of themo and othank everyoneo as soon as they were reunited in their home
city of Villavicencio, where they live.

oIAm going to encourage them, IAm going to push them forward, I need them here,o she said.

The children, who appear gaunt in the photos, were evaluated by doctors
before being flown out by the Colombian Air Force on an air ambulance to
the Military Transport Air Command in Bogota, the capital, early Saturday morning.

Four medics, including a pediatrician and a neonatologist, provided
treatment on board the plane, according to the air force.

oWe hope that tomorrow they will be treated at the military hospital,o
Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said earlier Friday night, while praising
the Colombian military and indigenous communities for helping find them.

Petro said the children were weak, needed food and would have their mental status assessed. oLet the doctors make their assessment and we will know,o
he added.

Stranded after plane crash
Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, age 13, Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9, Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4, and infant Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy were stranded in
the jungle on May 1, the only survivors of a deadly plane crash.

Their mother, Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia, was killed in the crash along
with two other adult passengers: pilot Hernando Murcia Morales and
Yarupari indigenous leader Herman Mendoza Hernbndez.

The childrenAs subsequent disappearance into the deep forest galvanized a massive military-led search operation involving over a hundred Colombian special forces troops and over 70 indigenous scouts combing the area.

For weeks, the search turned up only tantalizing clues, including
footprints, a dirty diaper and a bottle. Family members said the oldest
child had some experience in the forest, but hopes waned as the weeks went
on.

At some point during their ordeal, theyAd had to defend themselves from a
dog, Petro said.

He called the childrenAs survival a ogift to lifeo and an indication that
they were ocared for by the jungle.o

The Colombian president said he had spoken with the grandfather of the children who said that their survival was in the hands of the jungle which ultimately chose to return them.

The grandfather, Fidencio Valencia, said he and his wife had endured many sleepless nights worrying about the children.

oFor us this situation was like being in the dark, we walked for the sake
of walking. Living for the sake of living because the hope of finding them kept us alive. When we found the children we felt joy, we donAt know what
to do, but we are grateful to God,o he said.

The childrenAs other grandfather, Narcizo Mucutuy, said he wants his grandchildren to be brought back home soon.

oI beg the president of Colombia to bring our grandchildren to
Villavicencio, here where the grandparents are, where their uncles and
aunts are, and then take them to Bogota,o he said.

aThe miracle cameA
Indigenous leader Lucho Acosta, the coordinator of indigenous scouts,
credited the oextra efforto of search and rescue teams and local
authorities to find the children in a statement on Friday.

oThey all added a little effort so that this Operation Hope could be successful, and we can hope the kids will emerge alive and stronger than before. We have been hoping together with the strength of our ancestors,
and our strength prevailed,o he said.

oWe never stopped looking for them until the miracle came,o the Colombian Defense Ministry tweeted.

During a press conference Friday evening, Petro said he hoped to speak
with the children on Saturday.

oThe most important thing now is what the doctors say, they have been lost
for 40 days, their health condition must have been stressed. We need to
check their mental state too,o he said.

Petro, who was previously forced to backtrack after mistakenly tweeting
that they had been found last month, described the childrenAs 40-day saga
as oa remarkable testament of survival.o

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/americas/colombia-children-amazon-found- intl-latam/index.html
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