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Cauca department: conflict events in January 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Cauca department, Colombia. Country-wide report: Colombia, January 2025.

13events9 the month before
17est. deathsrange 17–22
11civilian deaths

Cauca department, Colombia saw 13 recorded events and 17 estimated deaths in January 2025. That is +44% compared with 9 events the month before. The death toll range is 17 to 22.

38% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 11.

The most active pairing was Government of Colombia - FARC-EMC with 5 events.

Where events happened

2025-01-31: Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC (1 deaths)2025-01-30: FARC-EMC vs Civilians (2 deaths)2025-01-30: Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC (2 deaths)2025-01-27: Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC (2 deaths)2025-01-27: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-01-22: Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC (1 deaths)2025-01-20: Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC (0 deaths)2025-01-13: FARC-EMC vs Civilians (3 deaths)2025-01-10: FARC-EMC vs Civilians (0 deaths)2025-01-03: FARC-EMC vs Civilians (2 deaths)2025-01-01: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-01-01: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-01-01: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Cauca department, January 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, January 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
13 Jan 2025Miranda municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs Civilians
One-sided, 3 civilian		3
30 Jan 2025Argelia municipality
Cauca department		Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC
State-based, 2 civilian		2
30 Jan 2025Argelia municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs Civilians
One-sided, 2 civilian, 2 sources		2
27 Jan 2025Patía municipality
Cauca department		Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC
State-based		2
3 Jan 2025Piendamó municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs Civilians
One-sided		2
31 Jan 2025Santander de Quilichao municipality
Cauca department		Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC
State-based		1
27 Jan 2025Inzá municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 1 civilian, 2 sources		1
22 Jan 2025López municipality
Cauca department		Government of Colombia vs FARC-EMC
State-based		1
1 Jan 2025Argelia municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 1 civilian		1
1 Jan 2025Argelia municipality
Cauca department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 1 civilian		1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
FARC-EMC1317
Government of Colombia56
ELN44

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.