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Escalation 60/100EscalatingUpdated 4 minutes ago
Colombia has 8 recorded conflict incidents in the last 7 days and 8 reported fatalities, giving it an escalation score of 60 out of 100 and an escalating trend. 4 of those were in the last 24 hours.
- Incidents · 24h
- 4
- Incidents · 7d
- 8
- Fatalities · 24h
- 7
- Fatalities · 7d
- 8
Situation synthesis
Recent clashes in Colombia include a FARC ambush on ELN members in Catatumbo, with FARC fighters using smuggled weapons. The National Army engaged FARC dissidents near Tenerife in Valle del Cauca, and the ELN claimed responsibility for an armed attack on facilities in Cúcuta. Additionally, Colombian armed groups have reportedly sent fighters to Ukraine to gain drone warfare expertise, which has been used against the Colombian army, and security forces neutralized a high-ranking member of the Segunda Marquetalia in Valle del Cauca.
Synthesised by AI across every recorded incident in this country, grounded in the reports listed below.
Recorded incidents
- armed clashCatatumbo
GRAPHIC: the FARC reportedly ambushed ELN members in Catatumbo, with one of the FARC fighters seen carrying an AK-103 assault rifle, very likely smuggled from Venezuela. @wfwitness 💧 Rain...
- armed clashTenerife district, El Cerrito
Clashes are being reported between National Army troops and FARC dissidents under alias "Iván Mordisco" near the Tenerife district, in the mountainous area of El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca dep...
- armed clashCúcuta
The ELN claimed responsibility for an August 1 attack in Cúcuta, in which its Frente de Guerra Urbano Nacional fired on facilities used by DENORT and CEFOP with an armed vehicle, saying the ...
- drone strike7 killed
Financial Times: Colombian armed groups have repeatedly sent fighters to Ukraine to gain drone warfare expertise, later using those skills against the Colombian army, as drones have over...
- armed clashLa Cumbre
Colombia Third Division neutralized alias "Mira" or "Isaín," alleged second-in-command of the Yair Bermúdez structure of the Segunda Marquetalia, during clashes in La Cumbre, Tuluá, Valle de...
- armed clashMercaderes1 killed
Colombia Army 29th Brigade captured two alleged ELN members, one of them wounded, during operations in Mercaderes, Cauca department, seizing weapons, ammunition, grenades, and communications...
- explosionLusitania, Puerto Rico
Colombia Army destroyed an illegal weapons cache belonging to the Jorge Suárez Briceño Block in Lusitania, Puerto Rico, Caquetá department, after troops from the 12th Brigade located the si...
- explosionCúcuta
Several car bombs exploded near the Norte del Santander police headquarters in Cúcuta, along the Colombian-Venezuela border early this Saturday morning. Authorities report that 11 people ha...
- drone strikeCatatumbo
The ELN bombed "Frente 33," a FARC dissident group with drones in Catatumbo, where fighters reportedly used a DJI commercial drone fitted with an improvised high-explosive mortar bomb used a...
- armed clashTame3 killed
The ELN released video footage of the attack on the Betoyes police station in Tame, Arauca department, which left two police officers and one civilian dead, along with nine officers wounded....
- armed clashHuisitó2 killed
Residents of Huisitó, in El Tambo, Cauca department, experienced intense fear amid heavy clashes between National Army troops and the Carlos Patiño dissident structure of the FARC. Prelimina...