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Ryan Fahey

How hero sister, 13, kept brothers, including BABY, alive for 40 days in Amazon jungle

The heroic oldest sibling of four indigenous children who disappeared into the depths of the Amazon rainforest has shared the remarkable story of how she kept her three brothers alive for 40 days.

Lesly, who is just 13 herself, looked after the boys Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and 10-month-old baby Cristin after their plane crashed into the Colombian jungle on May 1.

When the Cessna light aircraft plummeted on to the forest floor, their mum Magdalena Mucutui Valencia, the pilot and an indigenous leader were all killed, but the children miraculously survived.

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