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Cesar department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in Cesar department, Colombia in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 9. The low estimate is 8 and the high estimate is 11. UCDP counts 7 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 3 events.

Among the 24 months with a report for Cesar department, Colombia, May 2025 has the 5th highest count of events. Cesar department, Colombia holds 14 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in May 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Colombia, May 2025.

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. Cesar department, May 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
2 May 2025San Alberto municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided222
3 May 2025San Alberto municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided002
16 May 2025El Copey municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided111
25 May 2025Valledupar municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided101
28 May 2025Valledupar municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided111
29 May 2025Bosconia municipality, Cesar departmentEGC; Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra NevadaNon-state222
30 May 2025El Paso municipality, Cesar departmentEGC; CiviliansOne-sided111
30 May 2025Valledupar municipality, Cesar departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Cesar department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada78
EGC23

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 Cesar department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202614P23PCandidate Events
August 20269P9PCandidate Events
July 202614P17PCandidate Events
June 202613P13PCandidate Events
May 20261P2PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20261P1PCandidate Events
December 2025512GED
November 202532GED
September 202522GED
August 202533GED
July 202522GED
June 202533GED
May 202589GED
April 202537GED
March 202522GED
February 202511GED
January 202511GED
December 2024510GED
November 202442GED
October 202433GED
September 202423GED

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Cesar department: all figures

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ConflictStats. Cesar department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/cesar-department/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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