In the aftermath of an incident involving the death of two children who were allegedly killed following orders from Colombia’s oldest living rebel group, the FARC, President Juan Manuel Santos…
Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga denounced the FARC’s use of children to carry out acts of terror, Radio Santa Fe reported on Thursday.
Two children died in south-west Colombia after bombs they were paid to deliver to a local police station exploded early, Colombian media reported on Thursday.
The Colombian FARC rebel group announced that it has handed over three girls under 15 who had been “hiding their age,” and are believed to be spies for the National…
Colombia’s Ombudsman demanded Wednesday that the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s second oldest and second largest rebel group, reveal the number of minors in its ranks following a public acknowledgment…
Gangs in Cali, in Colombia’s third largest city, are luring minors into their criminal organizations with the promise of sponsoring a future in professional soccer.
Colombia’s Minister of Defense asked the United Nations and other international organizations on Thursday to focus their attentionupon the recruitment of child soldiers, after a report said nearly 1,400 children…
Colombia’s guerrilla groups have recruited over a thousand child soldiers over the last two years, a subsidiary of the country’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Children in over half of Colombia’s states are at risk of being recruited by the country’s armed or criminal groups, the country’s Ombudsman’s Office said.