A man from the central Colombia has been arrested for sexually abusing his 11 daughters, three of whom now have children by him as a result, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Almost 5,300 Colombian girls under the age of 14 were pregnant in the first 10 months of 2014. The vast majority of these girls were the victim of sexual abuse,…
The United States army has said it will investigate mass sexual abuse allegedly carried out by members of the US military and employees of defense contractor Dyncorp in Colombia, reported USA Today.
Police in Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, on Saturday arrested a priest for the alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy.
Colombia’s government asked congress on Thursday to push legislation to allow adoption for gay couples, a day after the Constitutional Court ruled that under the current law this is not allowed.
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense has begun new investigations into the recruitment of child soldiers in the internal conflict that has waged for 50 years.
Unknown perpetrators have executed four of five children of a family in southern Colombia. Local media alleged that a land dispute of the parents could be the motive.
Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute received fresh corruption allegations on Monday as it was revealed that children in their care are being fed on restaurant leftovers.
Illegal armed groups in Colombia have recruited 119 minors in 2014, the country’s Ombudsman’s Office said on Tuesday.