A group of four children found alive after surviving 40 days alone in the Amazon have been released from the hospital.
The siblings — Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 13; Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9; Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4; and Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy, 1 — became stranded in the Amazon jungle on May 1 after a deadly plane crash that killed their mother, Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia, alongside other passengers and the aircraft’s pilot.
For the next five weeks, the children lived off of seeds, roots and plants while scores of Colombian troops and Indigenous scouts raced to find them. Search crews uncovered clue after clue, including footprints and a dirty diaper, before they finally located the siblings on June 9. Officials at the time said the children’s knowledge of the jungle kept them alive amid the desperate search efforts.
