Carmen García: the mother who snatches children from the war in Catatumbo

“I’m going out, Carmen, I’m coming back,” yells a young woman. “Okay daughter,” Carmen García, a woman victim of the conflict, widow, social leader and especially mother, replied with affection. “I’m here to become everyone’s mother. When they get a job and go to work, it’s exciting. You can’t imagine. The woman who just left her house is not her daughter. She’s one of the women who have come to her home in the last two months, located in a popu…