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Escalation 4/100EscalatingUpdated 3 minutes ago
Colombia has 8 recorded conflict incidents in the last 7 days and 9 reported fatalities, giving it an escalation score of 4 out of 100 and an escalating trend. 1 of those was in the last 24 hours.
- Incidents · 24h
- 1
- Incidents · 7d
- 8
- Fatalities · 24h
- 0
- Fatalities · 7d
- 9
Situation synthesis
Security forces in Colombia conducted a large-scale operation in Cali involving over 1,200 personnel conducting raids across multiple neighborhoods. Clashes occurred between security forces and dissident armed groups in Cauca and Santa Marta, leading to displacement, suspension of classes, vehicle arson, and alleged forced recruitment of minors. A targeted operation in Santa Marta resulted in the death of Jose Luis "Cholo" Pérez Villanueva, a high-ranking member of the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada.
Synthesised by AI across every recorded incident in this country, grounded in the reports listed below.
Recorded incidents
- armed clashCali
More than 1,200 members of the security forces carried out “Operation Iron” in Cali, conducting raids in 15 neighborhoods and 24 micro-territories across six districts of the city. The joi...
- armed clashPueblo Ciprés
Clashes between state security forces armed helicopters and dissident units in Pueblo Ciprés, El Tambo municipality, Cauca department, as reports emerge of displaced population.
- armed clashSanta Marta
More images of the clashes between security forces and the ACSN; these clashes have led to the suspension of classes, vehicles set on fire, and the alleged forced recruitment of minors in Sa...
- armed clashSanta Marta
Two armed attacks have been recorded so far in different sectors of Santa Marta, amid an armed strike attributed to the ACSN, announced after the deaths of alias "Cholo" and 12 other members...
- armed clashSanta Marta1 killed
GRAPHIC: New footage shows the operation that killed Jose Luis "Cholo" Pérez Villanueva, second in command of the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada, in Santa Marta, Magdalena. ...
- armed clashPolicarpa
The Franco Benavides Column, linked to the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), attacked the police station in the urban area of Policarpa, Nariño, with gunfire, sparking clashes as a Colombian Air F...
- armed clashSanta Marta8 killed
Colombian President Espriella announced that Jose Luis “Cholo” Perez Villanueva, second in command of the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada, was killed during an operation in Sa...
- armed clashOcaña-Cúcuta highway
The ELN Northeastern War Front claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Major Fredy Alexis Russi González, patrol officers Erica Tatiana Monroy Hurtado and Edison Yesid Medina Traslaviña...
- explosionEl Carmelo
The Candelaria mayor office reported that an air surveillance radar belonging to the Civil Aviation Authority, located in the El Carmelo town, in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, was at...
- armed clash20 killed
Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella confirmed alias "Tigre" or "Pintado," the Carolina Ramírez structure top leader, was among the 20 dissidents killed in Operation Azarías, alongsi...
- airstrikeEl Retorno10 killed
Colombia Military released the first images of Operation Amón, the airstrike carried out last Thursday against FARC dissident camps under alias "Calarcá" in Guaviare department, targeting th...
- airstrikeEl Retorno10 killed
Colombia Military released the first images of Operation Amón, the airstrike carried out last Thursday against FARC dissident camps under alias "Calarcá" in Guaviare department, targeting th...
- armed clashLa Meseta1 killed
Alias "Perjuicio," identified as the Clan del Golfo chief hitman, was killed during a military operation in La Meseta, rural Andes, Antioquia department, carried out by the Fourth Brigade Ga...
- explosionLos Patios
GRAPHIC: A car bomb loaded with explosives was detonated against the main police station in Los Patios, in the Cúcuta metropolitan area, causing severe damage to the police facility and surr...
- armed clashEl Estrecho
FARC dissidents detonated a vehicle loaded with homemade explosives and opened fire on the No. 29 Training Battalion in El Estrecho, El Patía municipality, Cauca department, on the Pan-Ameri...
- battleGuaviare department8 killed
Colombian President Espriella announced a new operation against positions of the Carolina Ramirez Front, under the command of El Tigre, of the FARC dissident group in the Guaviare departm...
- airstrikeSierra Nevada region
A-29 Super Tucano combat aircraft carried out an airstrike against positions of the illegal armed group Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada, as part of military operations in the...
- armed clashNariño department
France 24: a Colombian-French soldier from France's Foreign Legion was kidnapped in a guerrilla-controlled region of Colombia, as the Colombian Army reported Thursday, identifying him as...
- armed clashJambaló
Colombia Third Division troops engaged in clashes with armed groups in both the rural and urban areas of Jambaló, Cauca department, with attackers reportedly using drones fitted with improvis...
- drone strikePelaya
Four Colombian security personnel were injured after being attacked by an explosive drone, likely from the ELN, in Pelaya, Cesar Department, earlier this Thursday. @wfwitness 💧 Rainbe...
- armed clashLa Plata
Army 9th Brigade troops were attacked with drones and engaged in clashes with the FARC Hernando González Acosta front in La Plata, Huila department, after the controlled detonation of a cyli...
- armed clashEl Tambo
Armed men attacked the police station in El Tambo, Cauca department, this morning with rifle fire and explosive-laden drones, in an assault preliminarily attributed to FARC dissidents. The ...
- armed clashMiranda
Heavy clashes are underway in Miranda, Cauca, between National Army troops and structures of the Dagoberto Ramos dissident group. The fighting is concentrated in urban and rural sectors tow...
- armed clashMondomo, Cauca
Troops from the 29th Brigade, coordinating with the National Police, located and destroyed two dredge-type illegal mining production units in the rural area of Mondomo, Cauca. During the op...
- armed clashMesopotamia, La Unión, Antioquia
Armed men intercepted a public bus in Mesopotamia, La Unión, Antioquia department, forcing passengers off before setting the vehicle on fire, with the perpetrators reportedly claiming to belo...