00:00More than 18,000 minors recruited, 62 children shot, 104 victims of torture and 91 girls
00:07forced to have abortions. These are some of the figures from the most recent indictment by the JEP (Special Jurisdiction for Peace).
00:11against the FARC. The Truth Recognition Chamber of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
00:15On November 4, it issued two key decisions related to the crimes committed by the
00:21former FARC guerrillas against 18,677 girls and boys forcibly recruited during
00:27the armed conflict. Both decisions were led by the magistrate's office.
00:31Lili Andrea Rueda Guzmán. The first is related to the crimes attributed to nine former members
00:37of the northwestern, southern, Caribbean blocs and the northwestern joint command of the former
00:42FARC for crimes related to forced recruitment. Here, the JEP documented two patterns
00:47criminals. The first corresponds to ill-treatment, torture, and sentences, executions, and trials without due process.
00:53Guarantees committed against children recruited by the guerrilla. The investigation
00:57It shows that the mechanisms of violence used by the FARC sought to ensure that the recruited minors
01:01they obeyed the orders they received without objection, and that the punishments for non-compliance
01:06They could even be taken to be executed by firing squad. In total, there were 104 cases of torture and 28 instances of forced submission.
01:13to cruel treatment and 208 extrajudicial sentences that included punishments such as execution by firing squad, in the
01:19Cases of 62 minors recruited. The second criminal pattern is related
01:24with reproductive violence against recruited girls. According to the JEP, 156 girls were
01:29Forced to use contraceptives, 15 of them were mistreated when they refused. Others
01:3491 women reported being subjected to forced abortions as children, and 26%
01:38Of these, she indicated that they suffered two or more procedures, for a total of 137 cases of forced abortion.
01:45Two babies even died at birth, and the events were classified as murder by the authorities.
01:50conditions in which they occurred, the lack of medical attention and the violence of the guerrilla.
01:54The second decision is related to six of the former members of the last secretary of the
01:58FARC, charged in November 2024 for their alleged responsibility in the more than 18,000
02:04Recruitment of undocumented minors across the country. These include Rodrigo Londoño and Jaime Alberto.
02:10Parra, Milton de Jesús Toncel, Pablo Catatumbo, Pastor Alape, and Julián Gallo. The appearing parties
02:16They had already admitted their involvement in these crimes, and on April 7, 8 and 9, 2027 they will have
02:22to attend a public hearing in which, for the first time, they will face the
02:26victims of these crimes. Added to all this is the JEP's summons to Sandra Ramírez,
02:31peace signatory and former congressman of the Common Party, who will also attend this Wednesday
02:35inquiry before the Truth Recognition Chamber, to speak about related facts
02:39with forced recruitment of minors and sexual violence within the former FARC. Three
02:44Key moves that are known at a crucial moment for the JEP, whose work is
02:48under the public eye and the accusations of a broad sector of opponents.
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