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Child recruitment in Colombia surges 300% in five years

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Child recruitment by armed groups in Colombia quadruples in last 5 years, says UNICEF

Youths show the paint on their palms after leaving their hand prints on a sheet during an event marking Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, in Bogota, ...
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Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia's children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them

CALDONO, Colombia (AP) — When Patricia Elago Zetty's 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia's conflict-ridden southwest, she didn't hesitate. Elago and five fellow members of the Indigenous Guard ...

Colombia’s military rescues 6 siblings who hid in the rainforest to escape from a rebel group

Colombia’s army says it rescued six siblings who had been hiding in the rainforest for three days to avoid being seized and recruited by a rebel group.
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Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia’s children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them

CALDONO, Colombia (AP) — When Patricia Elago Zetty’s 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia’s conflict-ridden southwest, she didn’t hesitate. Elago and five fellow members of the Indigenous Guard ...