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Colombia: Armed Groups Expand Child Recruitment

Click to expand Image A 17-year-old boy recruited by the 33rd Front of the EMBF, a dissident group of the demobilized FARC, operating in Colombia’s Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border. © 2026 Federico Ríos Escobar Child recruitment by armed groups has risen sharply in Colombia in recent year

Colombia: Armed Groups Expand Child Recruitment

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