La instrumentalización de menores de edad dentro de las organizaciones criminales como factor determinante para lograr la inimputabilidad de las conductas punibles
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2025
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Hernández Rincón, Jhonatan
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Ediciones Universidad Simón Bolívar
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
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La instrumentalización de menores de edad dentro de organizaciones criminales en
Colombia, se ha convertido en un factor importante para lograr la inimputabilidad de las
conductas punibles. En el contexto colombiano, donde prevalece una alta violencia debido al
crimen organizado, se ha evidenciado que los grupos delictivos utilizan a menores tanto para
llevar a cabo delitos como para eludir la justicia. Esto se traduce en que, al ser considerados
inimputables, los menores gozan de un trato procesal diferente al de los adultos, lo que las
organizaciones criminales aprovechan para sus fines. Es por ello que el presente ensayo tiene
como objetivo analizar la instrumentalización a los menores de edad por parte de las bandas
criminales y como esto un factor determinante para lograr la inimputabilidad de las conductas
punibles, lo cual se realizara a través de un análisis jurisprudencial en donde se destacan varios
casos donde las bandas criminales han instrumentalizado a los menores de edad para la
consecución de sus fines y la evasión de sus responsabilidades.
El ensayo destaca que, si bien legislación penal colombiana, específicamente en el
artículo 188D del Código Penal tipifica el uso de menores en la comisión de delitos y sanciona a
las organizaciones criminales por inducir a niños, niñas y adolescentes a involucrarse en
actividades delictivas, esto no ha sido impedimento para la instrumentalización por lo que la
efectividad de estas leyes es cuestionada, pues, la implementación de las sanciones resulta
insuficiente toda vez que las organizaciones criminales se aprovechan de las condiciones de
vulnerabilidad de los menores, como la pobreza y la falta de acceso a una educación adecuada, lo
que les facilita el reclutamiento de estos jóvenes en entornos marginados.
The exploitation of minors within criminal organizations in Colombia has become a determining factor in achieving non-imputability for punishable offenses. In the Colombian context, where high violence due to organized crime prevails, it has been shown that criminal groups use minors both to commit crimes and to evade justice. This means that, since they are considered non-imputable, minors enjoy different procedural treatment than adults, which criminal organizations exploit for their own purposes. Therefore, this essay aims to analyze the exploitation of minors by criminal gangs and how this is a determining factor in achieving non-imputability for punishable offenses. This will be done through a jurisprudential analysis that highlights several cases where criminal gangs have exploited minors to achieve their goals and evade their responsibilities. The essay highlights that, although Colombian criminal legislation, specifically Article 188D of the Penal Code, criminalizes the use of minors in the commission of crimes and punishes criminal organizations for inducing children and adolescents to engage in criminal activities, this has not prevented the exploitation of minors. Therefore, the effectiveness of these laws is questioned, as the implementation of sanctions is insufficient, given that criminal organizations take advantage of minors' vulnerable conditions, such as poverty and lack of access to adequate education, which facilitates the recruitment of these young people from marginalized environments.
The exploitation of minors within criminal organizations in Colombia has become a determining factor in achieving non-imputability for punishable offenses. In the Colombian context, where high violence due to organized crime prevails, it has been shown that criminal groups use minors both to commit crimes and to evade justice. This means that, since they are considered non-imputable, minors enjoy different procedural treatment than adults, which criminal organizations exploit for their own purposes. Therefore, this essay aims to analyze the exploitation of minors by criminal gangs and how this is a determining factor in achieving non-imputability for punishable offenses. This will be done through a jurisprudential analysis that highlights several cases where criminal gangs have exploited minors to achieve their goals and evade their responsibilities. The essay highlights that, although Colombian criminal legislation, specifically Article 188D of the Penal Code, criminalizes the use of minors in the commission of crimes and punishes criminal organizations for inducing children and adolescents to engage in criminal activities, this has not prevented the exploitation of minors. Therefore, the effectiveness of these laws is questioned, as the implementation of sanctions is insufficient, given that criminal organizations take advantage of minors' vulnerable conditions, such as poverty and lack of access to adequate education, which facilitates the recruitment of these young people from marginalized environments.
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Instrumentalización, Inimputabilidad, Organizaciones criminales, Menores de edad, Vulnerabilidad
