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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Oliver Pritchard-Jones ,Andrea Blanco and Gustaf Kilander

How teenager’s ‘survival games’ kept her siblings alive in Colombian jungle for 40 days

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A 13-year-old girl used “survival games” to keep her and her siblings – including a baby – alive in the Amazon Rainforest for 40 days, her family have revealed.

Before news of their rescue emerged on Friday – Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and one-year-old Cristin – spent more than a month trapped in the dense Colombian jungle after the light aircraft they were travelling in crashed on 1 May.

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