The search for the Mukutui brothers in the Colombian Amazon jungle kept the country in suspense for 40 days.

However, the good news came on Friday evening when the authorities confirmed that four juveniles were found alive.

Through social media, the Colombian Ministry of National Defense shared footage of the rescue, including a video showing children being evacuated from a dense Jungle Guaviare and Caqueta by air.

The rescue team transported four brothers, 13, 9 and 4 years old, just like a child who has turned 12 monthsTo height over 60 meters even a helicopter.

#At that time commands @FuerzaAereaCol They lead four children out of the dense jungle. The helicopter 🚁 has a height of over 60 meters. The trees 🌳 are very tall and visibility is almost zero. They go to the helipad set up in the middle of the jungle for this operation.

From the helipad… pic.twitter.com/P7RYWDV9oi

— Department of Defense (@mindefense) June 10, 2023

The brothers were found on Friday in the department of Caqueta, near the crash site, and were initially treated by military medics who were involved in their search.

“Faith moves mountains“It can be achieved when you believe in it, perseverance allows you to achieve what you dream of,” Gen. Pedro Sanchez, commander of the Armed Forces Joint Special Operations Command, told reporters at the CATAM military airbase in the Colombian capital. .

The Colombian Air Force units were responsible for transporting the Mukutui brothers to the heliport, where an ambulance was waiting for them. from San José del Guaviare to Bogota.

The video shows a group of military doctors treating four minors. They all needed oxygen and thermal blankets.

The race of a lifetime!

Rescued indigenous minors being transported from helicopter #Angel from him @FuerzaAereaCol on the ambulance plane #FACtogether with specialists in aeromedical transfers.#At that time They take off from San José del Guaviare and head to Bogotá.#MyVVS🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/27amu1lNrF

– Colombian Air Force (@FuerzaAereaCol) June 10, 2023

The minors and the rescue team landed at 12:38 p.m. Military Transport Aviation Command in Bogota.

Several ambulances were waiting there to take them to the military hospital to check your health and that their rights were not violated.

#Now | From Katam, @AerocivilCol recognizes the efforts of all, without exception, institutions and organizations that have participated in the search and rescue of minors who have gone missing for 40 days. #OperationHope pic.twitter.com/kw2nzFmvoR

– Colombian Civil Aviation (@AerocivilCol) June 10, 2023

Operation Hope

Operation Hope, mission to find four brotherscaptivated the imagination of all Colombia with reports of clues to the whereabouts of the children, who harbored the illusion that they would find them unharmed despite having spent more than a month in the inhospitable jungle.

The search was carried out by Colombian special forces and representatives of indigenous communities, who covered more than 2600 kilometers in the middle of the jungle with the support of helicopters and trained dogs.

Photographs provided by the Colombian army show four children they looked haggard as the soldiers nursed them.

Aircraft -Cessna 206- transported seven people on the route between Araraquara, in the department of Caqueta and the city of San José del Guaviare, when an emergency signal of engine failure was announced on the morning of May 1.

Three adults, including the pilot and mother of children, Magdalena Mukutuy, They died in a plane crash and their bodies were found inside the plane.

All four siblings, aged 13, 9 and 4, and a child who was 12 months old when they went missing, survived the stroke.