The children have begun playing again in hospital, officials say, as the eldest is praised for her care.
Four children who survived weeks alone in Colombia's Amazon jungle have been reunited with relatives and have begun playing again, officials say.They are "very weak" but "happy to see their family", said their grandfather, Fidencio Valencia.They went missing after the plane they were in crashed on 1 May. Their mother and two pilots were killed in the crash.
Colombia's Defence Minister Ivan Velasquez, who visited them in the hospital with President Gustavo Petro on Saturday, praised Lesly for taking care of her younger siblings. Military doctor Carlos Rincon said they have "nutritional deficiencies" but had survived with only "some soft tissue injuries, bites, and skin lesions".
The children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group. General Pedro Sanchez, who led the search operation, credited Indigenous people who volunteered to help the rescue effort.The children's grandmother, Fatima Valencia, said after their rescue: "I am very grateful, and to mother earth as well, that they were set free."
The Cessna 206 aircraft the children and their mother had been travelling on before the crash was flying from Araracuara, in Amazonas province, to San José del Guaviare, when it issued a mayday alert due to engine failure.
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