but also in the society that continues to
produce them. Before juvenile violence became so widespread,
many dramatic changes had occurred in Colombia. First of all,
there are historical factors. The gangs emerged in areas
characterized by massive rural migration. By and large, the
state had completely forgotten these areas by the 1970s.
Residents were condemned to the world of "informality"--a
world in which the rights and obligations of citizenship were
lacking. The sons of these migrants from the Colombian
countryside grew up on the edge of legality. They were
treated as second-class citizens, to be dealt with only by
the police.
Colombia's Child Drug Assassins - 2 views
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The killing of high officials highlights the role of the young paid assassins. Most are just like Chucho--from poor neighborhoods, abandoned by their fathers, school dropouts, and unemployed. Young boys with similar social profiles have assassinated newspaper editors, leftist politicians and state functionarie
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In a poll conducted last year in the schools of the Northeastern District, students were asked whom they considered the most important person in the country. Pablo Escobar was named by 21 percent of those surveyed; 19.6 percent chose President César Gaviria; and 12.6 percent named the goalkeeper of the national soccer team, René Higuita.
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youth involvement in colombian drug trafficking - Google Search - 0 views
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This first PDF has some INSANE statistics regarding the Colombian Youth Involvement in Drug Trafficking. Unfortunately, Diigolet won't let me highlight or "sticky-note" in the PDF!! Example of statistic:"It is estimated that 40,000 young people between the ages of 14 and 25 have died violently in the past twenty years in Medellín." Holy crap. The War in Colombia is a War on the Youth.....
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