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'Angelina' fled abuse at home to join a guerrilla group in the Colombian jungle as a teen. "Where I was, I couldn't live. I wanted to die", she says. During this time, she gave birth to a daughter at age 15. Now at age 23 and reunited with her daughter she says: "I lost the best years because I left her when she was little."
More than 250,000 children have been affected by the conflict in Colombia since the 2013 peace talks:
*Name has been changed to protect her identity
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