Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) transitional justice court on Wednesday called upon a group of former members of the Marxist FARC terrorist group to recognize their role in numerous crimes against children — including the forced recruitment of 18,677 boys and girls as terrorist soldiers between 1971 and 2016.
\n\nSome of the individuals the court named were also indicted on Thursday on charges of torture, execution, forced abortion, sexual abuse, and numerous other heinous crimes against some of the children during the years that the accused served as regional leaders of the Marxist terror group.
\n\nThe JEP was established in Colombia within the framework of the purported 2016 “peace deal” between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the administration of former President Juan Manuel Santos, who was awarded with the Novel Peace Prize for his efforts. The JEP’s goal is the prosecution and trial of those involved in crimes during FARC’s armed conflict with Colombia committed prior to the signing of the “peace deal.”
\n\nDespite the existence of the “peace deal” and the repeated years-long claims that FARC allegedly “disbanded” in 2016, the Marxist terror group remains active in Colombia and has continued to commit terrorist attacks…
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