Children missing in Colombia’s jungle: How Leslie Jacobampire Mukutui, the elder sister of the children found in the Guerrier jungle, did what she could to save her younger siblings | Gustavo Pedro | Caqueta | the world

Leslie Jacobombire is the heroine of a story with a happy ending in Mukkudui Forest. Colombia. The 13-year-old girl looked after her younger siblings for 40 days until last Friday, June 9.

Testimonies of relatives who spoke to the minors at the military hospital in Bogota Confirming the important role where they are in the hospital Leslie For the survival of all siblings.

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Leslie and his brothers Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy (9 years old), Tien Ranoque Mucutuy (4) and Cristin Neryman Ranoque Mucutuy (1) On May 1, the small plane they were traveling on the Araraguara-San Jose del Guerrier route crashed in the middle of the jungle. The pilot, another passenger and mother of children, Magdalena MutusuiThey died instantly.

Now, the Colombian Ministry of Defense and local press have published statements by the children’s grandfather, Narciso MukutuiWho described how Leslie He took care of his younger brothers while they were looking for a way out of the forest.

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First of all Narciso Mukutui He denied the statements of the biological father of the minor children and the stepfather of the two elder sisters, Manuel RanocWho said the mother survived four days after the accident. Grandpa pointed out Leslie He told him that the three adults on board had died at the moment of impact.

The moment of the accident

Narciso Mukutui told the press week Leslie told him A one-year-old child was sitting on his mother’s lapThree other minors were traveling behind.

“My daughter was next to the pilot when the plane went down: it was a victory. The three set off, one on top of the other, and the little girl was left under her mother. That’s what the lady told me. So after a while the woman answered, and seeing a leg move, she said: My little sister is alive, and she pulled her. This is what the woman told me.said grandfather.

Leslie He also described being close to the plane for four days hoping someone would rush in and save them. But after that they decided to walk in the forest in search of a valley or path. They wanted to find a great river that would lead them to someone who could help them.

“Where the plane went down, a virgin mountain, you can’t see rooftops, or houses, or anything.said Narcissus.

About him Food, the grandfather said, during the four days the children were near the plane, “they had three pounds of tapioca and tapioca powder to cool down.” Then they started walking in search of food.

How did a one-year-old girl survive?

Christine Neriman Ranok Mukutui She is one year old and the youngest of the siblings. Narciso Mukutui said Leslie She tells him how they kept her alive for 40 days when she was lost in the forest.

“She says that when the baby had bottle food, she gave it a little until it was finished. From there it was down to the point of water, pure water.”Narciso Mukutuy said in an interview published by the Colombian Defense Ministry.

In conversation with Seman, The grandfather said The bottle contained milk that mother had brought to feed her on the trip.

When the bottle was lost in the forest, she recounted, “Leslie made a cup out of tree leaves, broke off the tip and gave the baby water.” Narciso.

Grandfather explained “The children were crying because they were hungry, tired and cold. They cried out from the blow they had received. Without any medicine, without pasta, the only thing that the sister tore off was the cloth from the clothes that the mother had worn on the trip, and she tore off the cloth and wrapped herself in it. It’s a very sad life.”

From the age of 5 they are allowed into the forest to learn to survive.

He asked for a week Narciso Mukutui About how the children were cared for Forest hazardsIncluding animals, how they slept and how they sheltered.

“Leslie She is a very rude girl. We tribals start teaching them little by little from the age of three, when they are five, we take them to the forest, take them in a cubby, here they call a boat. We take them through the river teaching them to fish, through the mountains we teach them to eat fruits, what fruits to eat, what fruits not to eat, there are poisonous fruits. The same thing, we teach them when to remove the pineapple; We teach all this when ripe, when raw, when split, when licked.”Grandfather explained.

He also said Leslie He said that at no time did they see snakes, tigers or bears. “That girl said she was not afraid of anything. She was lost in thought because of the fear that came over her. She thought about coming and going..

Narciso mukutui, children are also taught how to do How a farm is created and the place to rest is conditioned. “So, she already had that knowledge. So, she built little huts, spread leaves on the bottom, and they would lie down and sleep.

For his part, Henry GuerreroThe Uitoto tribal leader, who was among the group that found the children, explained that one of them had found the seed of a fruit called One thousand paisa.

“The boy was spotted with a peppa, as we call it One thousand paisa, and now we are in the harvest. That seed is crushed and gives good juice, very good. As the food supplies available on the plane ran out, they ate wild fruits. What we realize is that the fruits are in the harvest at this time Juan Choco And this One thousand paisa“Guerrero said, step infobae.

They were hiding from the helicopters

Children left signs where they slept in the hope that someone would find them. But at the same time They disappeared when the helicopters left rescuers or those who went into the forest to search for them because they thought of punishing them.

“They hid in fear when the helicopters passed by, and they also hid when the countrymen and the army searched for them. He says they passed a distance of 10 meters and remained silent and covered the girl’s mouth so that she would not cry or make any noise. said Narciso.

They found them when Leslie couldn’t take it anymore.

When rescuers found them, Leslie could no longer walksaid grandfather. “I was already very tired, so they huddled in a place where they found the little boy between their legs.”.

“The woman told me she had no more breath, she had no strength, I felt weak. She has already lost her memory She saw visions, lights; There they were already still staying at that place and LChildren could not walk“Narciso said to Cemon.

He added that The discovery of the children was like a miracle from God, “Who gave the children to the people who came looking for them. That It was like last minuteFrom there the woman was already seeing visions, she could not walk, i.e was in the last life”.

Health status of children

Narciso Mukutui He said the children affected by the plane crash arrived at the hospital with malnutrition, but they were already recovering.

“I saw them well, because the children are already eating, and the grandparents are already doing the ritual for them to eat. For the tribe, if my grandchildren get sick, we do the ritual of feeding them, whether it’s water, juice, fish, broth, so that they benefit. want”, revealed.