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Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in December 2024

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UCDP recorded 9 events of organized violence in Cauca department, Colombia in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 20. The low estimate is 15 and the high estimate is 21. UCDP counts 13 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2024 was 10 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Cauca department, Colombia, December 2024 has the 4th highest count of events. Cauca department, Colombia holds 23 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in December 2024.

The report of the country for this month: Colombia, December 2024.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Colombia has each event.

Table 1. Cauca department, December 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 Dec 2024Mercaderes municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; CiviliansOne-sided444
9 Dec 2024Argelia municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; CiviliansOne-sided505
14 Dec 2024Santander de Quilichao municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; CiviliansOne-sided001
15 Dec 2024Argelia municipality, Cauca departmentGovernment of Colombia; ELNState-based111
17 Dec 2024Purace municipality, Cauca departmentGovernment of Colombia; FARC-EMCState-based222
24 Dec 2024Argelia municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; CiviliansOne-sided111
26 Dec 2024Cajibío municipality, Cauca departmentGovernment of Colombia; FARC-EMCState-based222
28 Dec 2024Cajibío municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; CiviliansOne-sided111
31 Dec 2024Argelia municipality, Cauca departmentFARC-EMC; ELNNon-state444

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Cauca department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
ELN25
FARC-EMC819
Government of Colombia35

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Cauca department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P5PCandidate Events
August 20264P9PCandidate Events
July 20266P12PCandidate Events
June 20265P18PCandidate Events
May 20263P10PCandidate Events
April 20262P26PCandidate Events
March 20262P2PCandidate Events
February 20265P5PCandidate Events
January 20263P3PCandidate Events
December 202547GED
November 202523GED
October 202533GED
September 202534GED
August 202569GED
July 2025910GED
June 202555GED
May 202537GED
April 202544GED
March 2025914GED
February 202522GED
January 20251317GED
December 2024920GED
November 20241015GED
October 2024712GED
September 2024419GED
August 20241012GED

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ConflictStats. Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/cauca-department/month/2024-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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