Colombia: Ombudsman alert over increase in FARC recruitment of child soldiers - Colombia Reports - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Colombia: Ombudsman alert over increase in FARC recruitment of child soldiers – Colombia Reports

Posted September 10, 2012

In Child Labor News, child soldiers, worst forms child labor

Colombia’s ombudsman on Sunday rang the alarm about an alleged increase in recruitment of child soldiers by guerrilla group FARC in the east of the country. According to Ombudsman Jorge Otalora, guerrillas of the FARC’s 16th and 44th fronts have …
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