The flight to the Colombian capital of Bogotá on 1 May was always meant to be life-changing for Magdalena Mucutuy and her four children. They were leaving behind their life in their Indigenous reserve near the Amazon Rainforest, and everything that was familiar to them.
It was meant to be a fresh start, a new beginning — an opportunity to join Mucutuy’s husband and the father of her two youngest children, Manuel Ranoque, who had fled the reserve allegedly prompted by threats from guerrilla members. Mucutuy and the children — Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Norien, four, and one-year-old Cristin — were following behind, but a tragic crash ended her life and left her kids stranded in the forest.
