The confirmation by the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, that 12 minors had been killed during the bombings carried out over the past month and a half against dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, under the command of Nestor Gregorio Vera Fernandez, known as Ivan Mordesco, unleashed a strong response from the representative to the Chamber, Catherine Miranda: before the information provided by the Head of State, she was the first to point out one of these incursions.
Miranda, who on the afternoon of Monday, November 17, referred to military operations On the border between Amazonas and Caqueta, on October 1, killing four minorsOne of them revealed to an 11-year-old girl the identities of the victims of this attack. He also did the same for the teenager killed in the Arauca bombings, on November 13, who was also unknown until the head of state decided to break the silence.
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“Children who were bombed in Amazonas: Vanessa Martinez, Steven Macona, Alcides Abarca, Indi Tanimoca. A girl was killed in Arauca: Stephanie Cua. Twelve children, in three days and in different sections, State crime. Resignation of the Minister of Defense!Miranda mentioned in his post in which he presented data regarding these victims who were apparently under the authority of the criminal structures of Mordesco and clarified his position on the role of the Minister.
In turn, in another message on his personal page, He did not hide his indignation at the way the Colombians discovered that there were not only seven deaths due to military operationsBut the number was actually increasing, as – according to her – the information she already had was apparently deliberately hidden. In the report of the Ombudsman, Iris Marin, he reported more bombings and fewer casualties.
“What a shame @petrogustavo, I had to take pictures and death certificates of the children who were killed in Amazonas and Arauca so that you would accept that I had bombed 12 children in 3 different departments.! He dropped the lie that he was looking after the lives of 20 soldiers in Guaviare. “State crime!” Miranda, who attacked the argument made by the President, stated that the bombing in Calamar was to preserve the life of the army.
It is appropriate to highlight this Five of the seven minors who died have already been identified After the Guaviare bombings: Karen Smith Cobios, Danny Santiago Leyton, Denny Lorena Beltran, Maicol Andres Pérez, and Martha Elena Abarca, ages 13 to 17. In the face of these situations, Representative Miranda insisted on the government’s failed comprehensive peace policy, 263 days after the end of the term that promised to bring calm.
“In 2022, there were 30 cases of recruitment of minors, and in 2024, the number rose to 409 cases. Gustavo Petro strengthened the armed groups with his failed comprehensive peace plan and now he is bombing children who are the victims! Incoherent and deadly! He denounced Miranda, who attacked the governor for the change in his intention and what would be, in his opinion, a contradiction in his rhetoric, which is turning out to be more extreme with the bombing in Gaza.
In the face of his accusations, the president was clear in his position. “If the bombings are suspended, the leaders will recruit more boys and girlsBecause they will realize that in this way they will protect themselves from greater military risks. In my government, the recruitment of minors has been reduced by 34%,” the President said, responding to the Ombudsman, Iris Marin, noting that Ivan Mordescu is the largest recruiter of minors in the country.
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