Indigenous volunteers working alongside the army were a winning combination in the rescue of four children lost in the jungle for 40 days, but Colombian commandos, among the most seasoned in the world, also played a key role.
"It was a successful amalgam of indigenous knowledge and military art," General Pedro Sanchez, who led the search operations, said on Sunday.
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