Colombian Military Forces pose for a photo as they found four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed, in the department of Caqueta on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Colombian Military Forces / Handout/Anadolu Agency via BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died.The siblings, aged 13, 9, 4 and 1, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday, but some are already speaking and wanting to do more more than lie in bed, relatives said.Manuel Ranoque, father of the two youngest children, told reporters outside the hospital Sunday that the oldest of the four siblings — 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy — had described to him how their mother was alive for about four days after the plane crashed on May 1 in the Colombian jungle.RELATED: Children missing for 40 days after plane crash in Amazon jungle found aliveRanoque said before she died, the mother likely would have told them: "Go away," apparently asking them to leave the wreckage site to survive.
He provided no more details. Authorities have not said anything about this version. Colombian Military Forces help four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed in the department of Caqueta on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Colombian Military Forces / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Details of what happened to the youngsters, and what they did, have been emerging gradually and in small pieces, so it could take some time to have.