Youth

“No Child Should Be Victim of a War they Never Chose’’: Reinserta on Child Recruitment

The recent arrest of a 14-year-old adolescent in Tabasco, identified as a hitman within a criminal group, once again raised alarms about the involvement of children and adolescents in organized crime. In light of this development, the organization Reinserta A.C. warned that structural violence and institutional neglect continue to push hundreds of children into criminal dynamics.

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Youth in the Highlands of Chiapas: Between Hurt and Hope

On Saturday, April 19, the double femicide of the Tseltal sisters Valeria and Deisi Gómez Méndez, murdered with bullets and found in the community of Cruz Obispo, in the municipality of Chamula, was made public on social networks. They were 18 and 14 years old, respectively. They had been kidnapped days before in San Cristóbal de Las Casas (SCLC). Their murder adds to the eight that have occurred so far this year and the 32 reported during 2024 in the state. Violence doesn’t end in an environment where the security strategy imposes despotic and authoritarian police force to publicize what

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