{
  "id": "ACM-COL-CON",
  "slug": "colombia-conflict",
  "title": "The Colombia Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/colombia-conflict.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "Medium",
  "region": "South America",
  "type": "Insurgency / criminal violence",
  "tracked_since": "1964",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Bogota",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 4.711,
      "lon": -74.0721,
      "description": "Capital of Colombia and seat of its government."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tibu",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 8.6389,
      "lon": -72.7333,
      "description": "Municipality in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander, near the Venezuelan border, at the center of an armed-group offensive that displaced a large number of civilians beginning in January 2025.",
      "control": "National Liberation Army (ELN), fighting to displace FARC dissident factions descended from the demobilized 33rd Front",
      "source": "Human Rights Watch",
      "source_url": "https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/26/colombia-armed-groups-batter-border-region",
      "as_of": "2025-03-26"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cucuta",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 7.8891,
      "lon": -72.5079,
      "description": "Capital of Norte de Santander and a major crossing point on the Colombia-Venezuela border, a gateway to the conflict-affected Catatumbo region."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tumaco",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 1.7986,
      "lon": -78.7811,
      "description": "Pacific port in Nariño department near the Ecuadorian border, a longstanding hub for cocaine trafficking and a zone of competition among armed groups."
    },
    {
      "name": "Buenaventura",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 3.8801,
      "lon": -76.993,
      "description": "Colombia's principal Pacific port, handling the bulk of the country's maritime trade and a recurring site of armed-group extortion and turf disputes."
    },
    {
      "name": "Quibdo",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 5.6947,
      "lon": -76.6583,
      "description": "Capital of Choco department, a Pacific lowland region with a strong presence of multiple armed and criminal groups competing over river and coastal trafficking routes."
    },
    {
      "name": "Arauca",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 7.0847,
      "lon": -70.759,
      "description": "Capital of Arauca department on the Venezuelan border, a region with a long-established ELN presence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Puerto Asis",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 0.5069,
      "lon": -76.4972,
      "description": "Municipality in Putumayo department near the Ecuadorian border, in a coca-growing region with a history of competition among armed groups."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03-26",
      "change": "Tibu control updated",
      "source": "Human Rights Watch"
    }
  ]
}