Jungle commandos helped rescue children lost in Amazon for 40 days after plane crash

Indigenous volunteers working alongside Colombia's army were a winning combination in the rescue of four children who were 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.

Suntanned and direct, Sanchez is the head of the Colombian armed forces' Joint Special Operations Command.