Colombia’s Justice Minister sounds alarm over child suicides linked to forced recruitment | The City Paper Bogotá

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Colombia’s Justice Minister sounds alarm over child suicides linked to forced recruitment | The City Paper Bogotá

Justice Minister Ángela María Buitrago, a close political ally of leftist President Gustavo Petro, has raised the alarm over a devastating increase in child recruitment by armed groups in Colombia. Buitrago revealed that some children, particularly in rural regions like the department of Chocó, are resorting to suicide as a desperate attempt to escape the violent pressures of illegal armed groups. The stark revelation underscores the growing cri…