Colombia: land mines continue to kill or injure at least one person daily

For thousands and join the growing number of victims of antipersonnel mines in Colombia. An enemy alike mutilated combatants and noncombatants. The degradation of the conflict has led to the installation of this type of cheating in school yards, backyards, roads … Today Colombia is the world’s second dishonorable victims of these traps, second only to Afghanistan, a country affected by an international war. In 2011, 528 people were killed or injured by these devices. From 1990 to 32 March 2012, the victims were 9755 (3693 civilians, 950 of them children. 6,062 military and police).
With our country as one of the world concerning this practice is prohibited by international humanitarian law, today marks the International Day for Mine Awareness Mines, established by the UN to reject the indiscriminate use of these explosive devices. Read Article