In the run of the year there have been 10 new cases and Cauca is the department most affected by this scourge.
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The National Police denounced that so far from 2025, 10 new cases of recruitment have been registered Forced of minors by illegal armed groups that kidnap them to put them at the forefront of the fight against the public force.
During 2024, 306 victimization acts were recorded, being the department of Cauca the most affected, concentrating 43%of cases, followed by Valle del Cauca (10%), Nariño (6%) and Huila (6%).
On International Day against Illicit Recruitment of Minors, The National Police reported that as a consequence of recruitment in childhood, 11 minors have lost their lives Due to armed confrontations between illegal groups: 7 in Guaviare and 4 in Norte de Santander, including a 9 -month -old baby.
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Police considered that The illicit recruitment of minors in Colombia, remains a latent threat to the country and a serious violation of human rights that threatens their integrity and development.
For the authorities, The escalation of the conflict in the country and its impact on childhood is intensifying Due to disputes over territorial control and illicit economies such as drug trafficking and illegal mining in at least three regions of the country.
He also reported that In the Catatumbo Region in Norte de Santander, the Northern Front of the ELN and the GAO -R FARC, 2. Miravalle de Calamar Guaviare Community, Front Armando Ríos and Block Jorge Suarez Briceño Gao-R Farc and 3. Pueblo Nuevo Corregimient greater recruiters of minors.
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The structures of the GAO-R Central Staff (EMC) focus their strategy of Recruitment in the southwest of the country and transfer minors to other regionsmainly goal and Guaviare.
Recalled that in 2025, the Transit and Transportation Section of the departments of Tolima and Huila managed to recover five minors on the roadwhich apparently had been recruited in Cauca and were being transferred to the finish line to integrate into the structure ‘Martín Villa’ of the Gao-R Farc, led by “Iván Bite”.
In the Catatumbo conflict, More than 4,000 minors have been displaced, while in Antioquia 35 cases are reported and in Nariño, 20 minors have been affected, although the latter have already returned to their homes.
Source: Integrated information system
