Práctica de la Incorporación Forzada a la Milicia

Abstract

Forced recruitment is an activity that mostly takes place in western Colombia, occurring mostly in the departments of Antioquia and Choco. A dishonorable practice widely debated and punished normatively, but difficult to eradicate since it constitutes one of the most deeply rooted branches of structuring the Armed and Organized Groups at the Margin of the Law, that is, the execution of this activity is necessary, according to the members of illegal groups, to carry out strategic activities.