Child Recruitment in Colombia Has the Face of the Indigenous People of Cauca · Global Voices

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“We are innocent,” shouted the inhabitants of the municipality of Buenos Aires, Cauca, after nine hours of fighting between the dissidents of the Jaime Martínez Front of the Central General Staff (EMC) and the National Army last Tuesday. The illegal group used minors in their attack on the police station, according to Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez. A few days earlier, the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca, CRIC, had warned in a report that C…