Colombia: 110 child soldiers deserted Colombia's illegal armed groups in 2012 - Columbia Reports - International Initiative to End Child Labor

Colombia: 110 child soldiers deserted Colombia’s illegal armed groups in 2012 – Columbia Reports

Posted September 12, 2012

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

Colombia’s defense ministry has claimed 110 children demobilized from illegal armed militias in 2012 so far, reported El Tiempo Wednesday. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon “In the last 10 years, of those that demobilized, about 3,400 …
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