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Magdalena department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in October 2025

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 3 events of organized violence in Magdalena department, Colombia in October 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 6. The low estimate is 3 and the high estimate is 6. UCDP counts 3 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in September 2025.

UCDP recorded no events in October 2024. Among the 21 months with a report for Magdalena department, Colombia, October 2025 has the 6th highest count of events. Magdalena department, Colombia holds 13 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in October 2025. In October 2024, the share was 0 percent.

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

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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 .

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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, October 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
9 Oct 2025Zona Bananera municipality, Magdalena departmentEGC; CiviliansOne-sided303
12 Oct 2025Santa Marta municipality, Magdalena departmentAutodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada; CiviliansOne-sided222
28 Oct 2025Ciénaga municipality, Magdalena departmentEGC; Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra NevadaNon-state111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Magdalena department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada23
EGC24

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 October 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/magdalena-department/month/2025-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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