According to the Colombian Ombudsman's Office, 409 children and teenagers were recruited by armed groups in 2024.

Mexican media reported that cartels had launched a coordinated effort to recruit former and active Colombian soldiers for ...

The violence and forced recruitment of minors by illegal armed groups in Colombia have reached alarming levels. According to ...

Colombia and the region are paying the price for slow implementation of the 2016 peace accord, but a turnaround is still ...

As the armed groups have sought foot soldiers to advance their quest for territory, the rate of child recruitment in Colombia has reached its highest point in more than a decade. Between 2021 and 2024 ...

Decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar notoriously built a small army of child hitmen to murder police officers, judges and ...

A 15-year-old has been charged with attempted murder following an assassination attempt on Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe. The attack has raised alarms about security and the ...

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people ... Against invasion, discrimination, armed groups, forced recruitment and displacement, acculturation," said Olivio Bisbicus, one of the leaders ...

The recruitment of children has become ... try to fill a power vacuum left by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group that made peace with the government in 2016.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday denounced the recent attack on Colombian congressman and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay as an assault on the very pillars of democracy. HRW Americas ...