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Former child soldiers in Colombia speak out

Felipe Abondano
July 13, 2023

Children are still forcibly recruited by armed groups in Colombia, even after a peace deal between the government and the country's biggest guerrilla army, the FARC. DW met two young men who managed to escape. Viewers may find this report disturbing.

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