Who were the seven people on the plane that crashed in Colombia?

Colombia’s security forces and nearly a dozen other organizations have been in suspense for the past 17 days. Airborne emergency message A rough and unrepeatable response in quavia. They searched for whole days against the rain and the clock that was ticking faster and faster. Monday’s tragedy followed the confirmation of the deaths of three residents, followed by news of a miracle on Wednesday: President Gustavo Pedro tweeted that the four minors had been rescued alive, but as hours passed, Doubts have arisen regarding what the President said.

A Cessna aircraft with registration HK 2803 operated by Avianline Charter Company Match from Araraquara on May 1A remote town located on the border between the departments of Caqueta and Amazonas. I had to go to San José del GuaviareAbout 350 kilometers to the north, almost in the center of the country. It didn’t.

Approximately 175 kilometers south of its destination, over forest and near the Apaporis River, the aircraft declared an emergency. Engine failure. They recently discovered it in a vast area of ​​the Colombian Amazon, near the Palma Rosa farm in the municipality of Solano (Caqueta).

For those hours They found three adults: An airline pilot, a domestic representative and a mother of children. They all died.

The search for the whereabouts of the four minors, aged between 13 years and 11 months, was then intensified. A tweet confirming the positive discovery by Pedro came after the discovery of signs that were said to be good omens and an impressive “Operation Hope” – the search operation was christened, then questioned.

Officers They did not officially announce the news or the reason for the flight’s departure Belongs to Adivasi family. According to the newspaper TimeIt was the beginning of the journey to come To Bogota, the father fled several weeks ago Among the boys, Manuel Ranoc. In this region, which is difficult to access without rivers and roads, people usually travel by private planes.

Three dead and four children suspected: Who were on the plane that crashed in the jungle in Colombia?

On Monday, after the plane was found, the remains of the three people who died in the crash turned up. They are Magdalena Mucutui, Herman Mendoza Hernandez and Hernando Murcia Morales.

Magdalena Mukutui Valencia He is 33 years old. She is the mother of four young men who were with her on the flight. He is an indigenous Muinane from the Sumujo clan of the Puerto Sapalo community.

“We express our sincere condolences and accompany the pain of their families and friends,” lamented the National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC), which participated in the emergency operation in the jungle.

Her husband, Manuel Ranuk, He left the community a month and a half ago After receiving the threats. He went to Bogotá, from where he hoped to send money to his relatives, and he rebuilt the newspaper. Time.

Herman Mendoza Hernandez He is 57 years old. He is a recognized fighter Fight for the rights of indigenous peoples and for human rights. He was part of the OPIAC that dismissed him with a heartfelt message and declared three days of mourning.

“We have no words to communicate the feelings that seize us as Hermann’s companions, brothers of his life and his dreams,” they pointed out from the organization. And they continued: “Spirits never dieExcept for people like Herman: life, culture, happiness, affection, brotherhood of indigenous peoples, respect in differences”.

The Commission on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples also expressed their grief and noted that “their dedication, courage and commitment to the preservation of culture and motherland will be remembered and honoured.”

Captain Hernando Murcia Morales, The 55-year-old described himself in his job description as a “professional at Raro Servicos Auxiliares de Transport Aério,” a company based in Salvador, Brazil. Monday, May 1, i In command of the tragic flightOperated by Avianline Charters.

“Hello, how are you? How are you girls? How are you? Send them a kiss and a hug from me,” it read. Last contact Murcia Morales held that with his wife, Olga Vizcaíno, at 3 a.m. that Monday morning. Scheduled to depart six hours later.

He used to call his wife and daughters after landing. His silence before the plane’s loss was revealed was the first family warning sign.

And he revealed it One of his daughters had a prescient dream About this Wednesday’s recovery was announced. “The elder dreamed about the children and she said to me: “Mother, I dreamed about the child and I dreamed that he was crying and he dried my tears, so I asked him if he was alive and he said yes.”

Pedro said the “children” were the four minors who were with their mother, and who would have turned up alive 17 days after the plane crash. From the presidency they went so far as to confirm it The Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) informed the president of the contact with the children And although they suffered from “a few scratches,” they said “they are in good health.”

was invited Leslie Mucutuy (13 years old), Soleiny Mucutuy (9), Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy (4) and Christine Neriman Ranok Mukutui (11 months). They are the children of the woman who died in the accident.

When the plane was found last Monday, it was feared that the child was lying lifeless under the remains of an adult. However, that prospect soon dissipated, and hope for his survival redoubled.

In terms of age, Leslie Mukutui is very old. Mainly addressed to her, and indirectly to her brothers A message recorded by his grandmotherReproduced in the community’s Huitoto language by a special speaker from the helicopter.

“Leslie, I’m asking you for a favor, I’m your grandmother Fatima, you need to be quiet because the army is looking for you for your own good, daughter, thank you for being quiet, daughter, if you hear a sound, daughter, stand there. So they find it and bring it”, this Words, from above, permeate the leafy vegetation of the place, inhospitable and dangerous because of the abundant rain and menacing animals.

News leaked on the official app that the children who had survived the plane crash had built a shelter out of sticks and branches and were eating fruit collected at the site. Until they use a bottle to feed their 11-month-old baby.

To reach her granddaughter, the grandmother used the Huitoto language A tribe identified with the same name. They live in the Colombian Amazon and in the jungles of Peru and Brazil. The first contacts with the community occurred at the end of the 19th century, and in recent decades they have been incorporated into regional political and social life.

An estimated 7,000 people identify themselves as part of the city. “The problem Drug trafficking This has affected them deeply because the illegal groups that work with them make them participants Illegal work They engage in the production and processing of cocaine, which is widespread in the region and leaves large profits,” says a report prepared for the Colombian Ministry of Culture.

Doubts about the veracity of the Colombian president’s release persisted hours later.

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