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siblings were found on Friday in Colombia's Caqueta province
according to the country's armed forces and were initially
treated by military medics who had been among the search teams
searching for them.
The mission to find the four siblings, called Operation Hope,
captured the imagination of Colombians as reports of clues to
their whereabouts fueled longing they would be found safely
despite spending more than a month in the inhospitable jungle.
"We did everything necessary to make the impossible possible,
using satellites, using aircraft that launched messages, that
launched food, that launched flyers, that launched hope,"
General Pedro Sanchez, commander of the military's joint command
for special operations said at an air base in Bogota.
In photos shared by Colombia's military, the four children -
three girls and a boy - appeared gaunt as they were being cared
for by rescuers.
After the plane carrying the children landed in Bogota, four
ambulances were waiting at to collect them and take them to a
military hospital for specialist medical care.
They had been missing in the jungle since a Cessna 206 carrying
seven people on a route between Araracuara, in Caqueta, and San
Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province, issued a mayday
alert due to engine failure in the early hours of May 1.
Three adults, including the pilot and the children's mother,
died in the crash and their bodies were found inside the plane.
The siblings, aged 13, 9, 4, as well as a now 12-month-old baby,
survived the impact.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Oliver Griffin;
Editing by Jamie Freed)
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