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…
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 Thursday. “In…
A special report by El Tiempo on Monday reveals that Colombia’s Justice and Peace Commission is currently investigating over 200 cases of minors recruited by paramilitary group the AUC, with…
Medellin police announced that since September last year they have captured eight criminal band members that are dedicated to the recruitment and training of minors to carry out illegal activities…
An increasing number of underage sex workers in Colombia are subjected to hymen reconstruction surgery so that they can be marketed as virgins, the Bogota mayor’s office said Wednesday. “It’s…
Former FARC hostage Luis Eladio Perez denounced that the guerrilla organization sexually abuses young girls before the First International Congress on the Recruitment and Use of Children in Bogota Wednesday.…
Teachers from state education institutions are acting as pimps for their students in the northern department of Cordoba, according to a report by an NGO dedicated to the prevention of…