Colombian Guerrillas Indoctrinating Venezuelan Children in Schools, Report Says

Colombian Guerrillas Indoctrinating Venezuelan Children in Schools, Report Says
A boy holds a candle next to members of the national police during a tribute to the victims of a car bomb attack in Bogota, Colombia, near Medelin on Jan. 19, 2019. The government has accused the leftist group ELN of carrying out the bombing. Joaquin Sarmiento /AFP/Getty Images
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BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian guerrillas are enticing Venezuelan children to become combatants through operations in hundreds of schools across border regions, where they talk to students and offer them free recreational activities and gifts, according to a new report from a Venezuelan NGO.

The practice is a growing and increasingly important strategy to recruit minors, of which at least 20,000 are currently at risk, violating national and international human rights regulations, Fundaredes director Javier Tarazona told The Epoch Times.