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

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 2 events of organized violence in Magdalena department, Colombia in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 2. UCDP counts 2 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in November 2024.

Among the 21 months with a report for Magdalena department, Colombia, December 2024 has the 10th highest count of events. Magdalena department, Colombia holds 5 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. Magdalena department, December 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
14 Dec 2024Algarrobo municipality, Magdalena departmentEGC; CiviliansOne-sided111
21 Dec 2024Plato municipality, Magdalena departmentEGC; CiviliansOne-sided111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Magdalena department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
EGC22

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 Magdalena department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202625P25PCandidate Events
August 202624P24PCandidate Events
June 202628P29PCandidate Events
May 20261P5PCandidate Events
April 20261P2PCandidate Events
March 20263P5PCandidate Events
February 20262P2PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202525GED
October 202536GED
August 202522GED
July 202511GED
June 202511GED
May 202535GED
March 202533GED
February 202511GED
January 202566GED
December 202422GED
September 202422GED
August 202446GED

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Magdalena department: all figures

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ConflictStats. Magdalena department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/magdalena-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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