Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en septiembre de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en septiembre de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 24 de agosto de 2020.
Colombia’s conflict has devolved into a series of localized conflict with different armed actors.
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 12 de agosto de 2020.
Journalists who would report on the severe violence in San José de Uré, southern Córdoba, are silenced.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de agosto de 2020.
An analysis of the security forces’ inability to protect human rights defenders and conflict victims from renewed violence.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 27 de julio de 2020.
The ELN is the largest of several armed groups operating, and mostly fighting each other bitterly, along the border between Norte de Santander department and Venezuela.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 3 de julio de 2020.
A heavily graphical overview of where the conflict stands at the moment. Includes an accompanying infographic: English / Español
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 24 de mayo de 2020.
An overview of conflict trends during the first four months of 2020. Notes some decrease in overall violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with armed groups enforcing restrictions and social leaders facing even more attacks.
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 1 de mayo de 2020.
A survey of how illegal armed groups are imposing rules and enforcing quarantines during the COVID-19 crisis.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 30 de abril de 2020.
A summary of findings, from the Ombudsman’s Office’s early warning system, about the dire situation in Puerto López, Puerto Gaitán, and Cabuyaro.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de abril de 2020.
A look at how the COVID-19 emergency is affecting the security situation and armed groups’ control measures in rural areas of Nariño, Cauca, Antioquia, and Córdoba.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 7 de abril de 2020.
An investigation of what COVID-19 might mean for the balance between armed and criminal groups; the humanitarian situation; migration and borders; social protest; the security forces; and implementation of the peace accord.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en abril de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Publicado por Semana el 14 de marzo de 2020.
Stories of how the armed groups active in this highly conflictive zone of northeastern Antioquia department are forcing children to join their ranks.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 26 de febrero de 2020.
A look at fragmentation of and disputes between armed groups, the effect of Venezuela’s crisis, and the humanitarian crisis in Catatumbo, a conflictive region of Norte de Santander department.
Publicado por El Colombiano el 25 de febrero de 2020.
A multimedia presentation and article about reporters’ visit to conflictive zones of Chocó department, up the Pacific coast into Panama.
Published by the International Crisis Group on February 25, 2020.
A vivid and alarming look at life in Venezuelan refugee communities on the Colombian side of the northern part of the binational border.
Publicado por Semana el 16 de febrero de 2020.
An in-depth look at the security and human rights situation in Chocó, where Afro-descendant and indigenous communities are caught amid fighting between the ELN and the Gulf Clan.
Publicado por El Colombiano el 12 de febrero de 2020.
A look at the Colombian security forces’ five-year campaign against the Gulf Clan paramilitary organization in northwestern Colombia.
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación, 10 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed overview of the security situation at the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en febrero de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 30 de enero de 2020.
The 18th Front FARC dissident group and the Gulf Clan paramilitaries are increasing their presence in the historically conflictive municipality of Ituango, Antioquia, where demobilized FARC members are especially vulnerable.
Published by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, January 30, 2020.
The DEA’s annual report on drug trafficking patterns affecting the United States. Includes discussion of the cocaine trade and Colombian armed groups and organized crime. (Link at dea.gov)
Publicado por El Colombiano el 29 de enero de 2020.
Reporters from the Medellín daily hold a rare interview with leaders of the breakaway paramilitary group sowing violence in Antioquia’s Bajo Cauca region and southern Córdoba department.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz, 28 de enero de 2020.
An investigation into the current state of the ELN guerrillas, and prospects for an eventual re-start of negotiations.
Publicado en La Silla Vacía el 26 de enero de 2020.
Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín of Colombia’s National University talks to La Silla Vacía about the history of paramilitarism in Colombia and the possibility that it might make a comeback.