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APPENDIX: Log of Human Rights Watch Interviews of Former Child Combatants

Note: Pseudonyms listed in bold refer to girls.


PseudonymAge (Entry)Armed GroupAge (Int.)SchoolEntryServedIn combatSerious Injuries
Exit
1Bernardo6-7 yearsAUC17 yearsNoneVoluntary8 yearsMany timesShot
Deserted
2Jon Freddy6 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 1Voluntary8 yearsMany timesBeaten
Captured
3Brandon7 years FARC-EP12 yearsGrade 5Voluntary5 years



4Peter7 yearsFARC-EP/ UC-ELN15 years
Voluntary18 monthsSeveral timesNo
5Juana7 yearsFARC-EP12 yearsNoneVoluntary5 years1+ times


6Pedro8 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 5Voluntary7 years18+ times
7Uriel 8 yearsAUC14 years
Voluntary6 years30 times

Captured
8Flor8 yearsFARC-EP14 yearsGrade 2Voluntary4.5 years3 times

Deserted
9Dagoberto9 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsNoneVoluntary7 years100+ timesShot
Captured
10Mauricio11 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsNoneVoluntary5 yearsMany timesYes
Captured
11León11 yearsFARC-EP17 years
Voluntary4 or 5 yearsMany times

Captured
12Andrea11 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 3Voluntary4 years
Forced abortion
Deserted
13Osvaldo12 yearsFARC-EP14 yearsNoneVoluntary2 years5 timesShot
Captured
14José Antonio12 yearsFARC-EP13 years
PressuredNeverNo

Deserted
15Cristián12 yearsAUC17 yearsGrade 1Voluntary3 yearsSeveral times

Captured
16Alberto12 yearsFARC-EP14 yearsGrade 5ForcedOver 1 year3 times

Captured
17Mariluz12 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2.5 yearsSeveral times

Deserted
18Laidy12 yearsAUC14 yearsGrade 6Voluntary2 yearsMany times

Captured
19Tancredo12 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 8Voluntary5 years30 times

Captured
20Percy12 yearsFARC-EP militia14 years
Voluntary



Deserted
21Angela12 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 4Voluntary4 yearsMany timesShot
Captured
22Estéban12 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 6Voluntary4 years8 times

Deserted
23Ramón12 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 2Voluntary3 yearsMany timesShot in leg, beaten
Captured
24Diego12 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary3 yearsMany times

Captured
25Héctor12 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 2Voluntary4 years3 times

Captured
26Raúl12 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 2Voluntary3 yearsMany timesShot
Captured
27Óscar12 yearsAUC15 yearsGrade 3Voluntary2 yearsMany times

Captured
28Marilín12 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 7Voluntary2 yearsNever

Deserted
29Adriana12 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 1Pressured
Shot

Captured
30Darío12 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 4Voluntary15 months3 times

Captured
31María Claudia12 yearsUC-ELN16 yearsGrade 4Forced2 years~10 times

Deserted
32Leonardo12 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary3 yearsMany times

Deserted
33Marcos13.5 yearsFARC-EP18 years
Voluntary4 years1 timeShot
Deserted
34Máximo13-14 yearsFARC-EP14 yearsGrade 8Voluntary2 months

Permission
35Rogelio13-14 yearsFARC-EP militia15 yearsGrade 5Voluntary5 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
36Nelson13-14 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary2 years4 timesNo
Captured
37Fernando13-14 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 8
11 months



38Ignacio13 yearsUC-ELN/ FARC-EP16 yearsGrade 4Voluntary6+6 months8 times

Captured
39William13 yearsUC-ELN14 years
Voluntary1 yearSeveral times

Captured
40Dani13 yearsunclear16 yearsGrade 5unclearunclear
41Milton13 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 6Voluntary2 years5 times

Captured
42Jenny13 yearsUC-ELN14 yearsGrade 6Forced1 monthNeverNo
Deserted
43Juan Pedro13 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2 years1+ timesNo
Deserted

PseudonymAge (Entry)Armed GroupAge (Int.)SchoolEntryServedIn combatSerious Injuries
Exit
44Humberto13 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 3Voluntary~2 years


Deserted
45Elizabeth13 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 3Voluntary2 years3 times

Deserted
46Betty13 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 3Voluntary1.5 years1+ times

Captured
47Rafael13 yearsUC-ELN17 years
Voluntary3 yearsMany times

Deserted
48Lenny13 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2 yearsA few times

Deserted
49Carolina13 yearsFARC-EP18 yearsGrade 4Voluntary



Captured
50Yelva13 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 6Voluntary1.5-2 years3 times

Captured
51Marianela13 yearsFARC-EP18 yearsGrade 7Voluntary4 yearsSeveral times

Deserted
52Mayda13 yearsFARC-EP14 yearsGrade 5Forced




53Carmela13 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 6Voluntary15 months4 times
54Adolfo13 yearsAUC17 years
Voluntary3.6 years Many times

Captured
55Victor13 yearsUC-ELN16 years

1 year
Mine injuries
Hospital
56Rosita13 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 4Voluntary1.5 years2 times

Captured
57Teddy13 yearsUC-ELN18 years

4 years
58Xaviera14 yearsUC-ELN16 years
Forced1.5 yearsSeveral timesShot
Deserted
59Wilson14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 7Voluntary2.5 years~20 timesBurned by shrapnel
Captured
60Jónatan14 yearsAUC17 yearsGrade 1Voluntary1.5 years


Captured
61Juan Carlos14 yearsAUC16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary10 months~18 timesShot (arm), shrapnel
Captured
62Johana14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 7Forced6 months NeverNo
Deserted
63Rodrigo14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2 yearsSeveral times

Deserted
64Leonel14 yearsAUC15 yearsGrade 5Voluntary4 monthsNever

Captured
65Marta14 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 4Voluntary3 years5 timesShot
Captured
66Vicente14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 8Voluntary1-2 years


Deserted
67Joseph14 yearsFARC-EP15 yearsGrade 6Voluntary10 monthsNever

Captured
68Jorge14 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 3Voluntary1 year


Deserted
69Giovanni14 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 7Voluntary
3 times

Captured
70Andalecio14 yearsUC-ELN16 years
Voluntary2 years21 times

Captured
71Luisa14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsNoneVoluntary1 year1+ times

Deserted
72Candelaria14 yearsUC-ELN17 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2 years1+ times

Deserted
73Severo14 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 6Voluntary3 years30 timesNo
Captured
74Orlando14 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary1+ year


Captured
75Daniela14 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 10Voluntary2 years1 time

Deserted
76César14 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary2 years


Captured
77Jaime15-16 yearsUC-ELN militia 17 years
Voluntary18 months 1 timeNo
Captured
78Patrick15-16 yearsFARC-EP16 years
Voluntary6 months2 timesNo
Deserted
79Jesús 15-16 yearsAUC16 years
Voluntary2 daysNeverNo
Captured
80Margarita15-16 yearsUC-ELN16 yearsGrade 7Forced1 year


Captured
81Jhony15-16 yearsUC-ELN15 yearsGrade 5Forced2 monthsNeverNo
Captured
82Carlos15 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 1Voluntary3 yearsSeveral times

Deserted
83Jessica15 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 9Voluntary1.5 years4 times

Captured
84Wilmer15 yearsUC-ELN militia17 yearsGrade 4Voluntary2 years
No
Captured
85Arlette15 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 7Forced5 monthsNever

Deserted
86Genaro15 yearsERP17 yearsGrade 5Voluntary6 months1 time

Deserted

PseudonymAge (Entry)Armed GroupAge (Int.)SchoolEntryServedIn combatSerious Injuries
Exit
87Jon15 yearsFARC-EP, Militia16 yearsGrade 1Voluntary5 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
88Eréndira15 yearsUC-ELN16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary1 year


Captured
89Edgar15 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 9Voluntary2 years5 times

Deserted
90Ómar15 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 5Voluntary1 yearSeveral times

Deserted
91Ramiro15 yearsFARC-EP17 years
Voluntary18 months
Bomb injury
Deserted
92Lucy15 yearsFARC-EP16 yearsGrade 8Voluntary8 monthsNever

Captured
93Julio 15 yearsUC-ELN17 yearsGrade 3Voluntary20 months4 times

Deserted
94Giovana15 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 9Voluntary5 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
95Otto16-17 yearsFARC-EP militia17 yearsGrade 4Voluntary2 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
96Soria16 yearsUC-ELN16 yearsGrade 3Forced2 months
Raped
Deserted
97Saúl16 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 3Voluntary3 monthsNever

Deserted
98Efraín16 yearsFARC-EP militia16 yearsGrade 5
2 monthsNeverNo
Captured
99Fabio16 yearsFARC-EP(brief)/AUC17 yearsGrade 6Voluntary1 year3 times

Deserted
100Rodolfo16 yearsUC-ELN militia17 yearsGrade 3Voluntary3 monthsNeverNo
Captured
101Angelica16 yearsFARC-EP17 yearsGrade 5Voluntary6 monthsNever

Captured
102Bronson16 yearsUC-ELN18 yearsGrade 7Voluntary1 year1+ times

Captured
103Juan José17-18 yearsFARC-EP18 yearsGrade 5Forced3 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
104Francisco17 yearsAUC17 yearsGrade 4Voluntary5 monthsNeverNo
Deserted
105Rigoberto17 yearsAUC18 yearsGrade 5Voluntary2 daysNeverNo
Captured
106Jon Jairo
FARC-EP17 yearsGrade 6Voluntary



Deserted
107Gilberto
FARC-EP17 yearsGrade 3Forced1 yearSeveral times


108Zenón
FARC-EP16 yearsGrade 2ForcedMonths


Deserted
109Mario
FARC-EP15 yearsNone





110Elías
FARC-EP17 years
Voluntary
1 time

Deserted
111Danilo
FARC-EP17 yearsGrade 11Voluntary

No
Captured
112James
FARC-EP17 years

1 month


Deserted


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September 2003