Indignation in Colombia after minors take part in public wet t-shirt event
Colombia’s family welfare institute reminded the country’s local and regional...
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35 Colombian teens flee from Catholic facility
Local police are still searching for 21 girls who remain missing after escaping a...
29 arrested across Colombia in child sex-abuse crackdown: National Police
Police have arrested 29 people for sexual violence against minors in May, according to a...
ELN must clarify number of minors in their ranks: Colombia Ombudsman
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...
Minors arrested in Colombia rose to 13,000 in 2013
Colombia’s Police announced on Tuesday that last year saw 13,000 minors arrested, a 4.6%...
Colombia to investigate sex roulette ‘game’
Colombian authorities announced Monday they will begin investigating “sex roulette,” a...
4 children kidnapped each month in Colombia: NGO
An average of four children are kidnapped each month in Colombia, most by common criminals, according to an NGO report released Monday. According to a report by the non-profit foundation Pais Libre, 15% of the 1,400 victims...
8 minors killed in southwest Colombia school bus accident
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of eight minors as the result of a school bus accident in the Nariño department in southwest Colombia. Civil Defense Commander Coronel Mario Orozco informed Caracol Radio that the minors...
80% recruited Colombian minors join armed groups voluntarily: Govt
Colombian officials have reported that 80 percent of demobilized minors who formerly belonged to an illegal armed group joined voluntarily. According to the government’s High Commission for Reintegration, more than 80% of...
Colombia needs harsher punishment for criminal youths: Govt
Colombian Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras has opened the discussion over penalties for criminal minors, stating the government’s intention to implement harsher punishments, El Espectador reported...
