A woman looking at a TikTok account of the Franco Benavides Front of the dissident FARC guerrilla in Bogota. AFP found on TikTok, and to a lesser extent on Facebook, dozens of accounts, hundreds of publications, and several propaganda communities of armed groups that answer to the Central General Staff (EMC). — AFP
BOGOTA: With promises of wealth and images glorifying fighters among vast fields of coca leaves, Colombia’s modern-day guerrillas are urging young people to join their ranks via TikTok.
“The Jaime Martinez Front welcomes you, youngster,” reads one post by a faction of the EMC – rebels who broke away from the Marxist FARC guerrilla group when they signed a peace pact with the government in 2016.
