Through checkpoints the National Army seeks to inform the civilian population about this crime that criminal groups use to deceive the children and lead them to these criminal organizations.
Men belonging to the Vulcano Task Force, conducted on the Orú-Pacheli route, municipality of Tibú, in the department of Norte de Santander, an awareness-raising activity against the recruitment of children and adolescents with the participation of approximately 230 people, who expressed their voice of rejection of this situation.
The activity was carried out in a territorial control checkpoint led the Bicentenary Heroes to explain to travelers the different techniques and methodologies used by criminal groups to deceive the children and lead them to these criminal organizations.
In the event, the Horus soldiers of the Comprehensive Action and Development Battalion No.2 Work to provide children, who were traveling with their parents, a clown and puppet show focused on the prevention of child recruitment.
Source: Vulcano Task Force