Recruitment and Use of Children and Adolescents by Criminal Groups in Mexico A Form of Exploitation in Human Trafficking

Abstract

The incorporation of gir­ls, boys and adolescents into organi­zed crime groups it’s a phenomenon that is increasing every day in our Mexican nation due to the lack of strategies or programs by the autho­rities to combat this form of crime. Despite the fact that international organizations, such as the Commit­tee on the Rights of the Child, have demanded that the necessary me­asures be implemented to prevent the recruitment, this crime cons­titutes one of the purposes of hu­man trafficking that seriously affects society, which is why it is necessary to make visible these practices that violate the human rights of people who are in the stage of childhood and adolescence.