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Norte de Santander department: conflict events in March 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Norte de Santander department, Colombia. Country-wide report: Colombia, March 2025.

18events8 the month before
29est. deathsrange 25–29
8civilian deaths

Norte de Santander department, Colombia saw 18 recorded events and 29 estimated deaths in March 2025. That is +125% compared with 8 events the month before. The death toll range is 25 to 29.

61% of the month's events were non-state conflict. Civilian deaths: 8.

The most active pairing was ELN - EMBF with 5 events.

Where events happened

2025-03-30: Government of Colombia vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-26: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-24: EGC vs Civilians (2 deaths)2025-03-20: EGC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-18: ELN vs EMBF (2 deaths)2025-03-17: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-16: ELN vs EMBF (2 deaths)2025-03-15: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-12: Government of Colombia vs ELN (2 deaths)2025-03-11: ELN vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-03-11: ELN vs EMBF (1 deaths)2025-03-10: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-09: FARC-EMC vs ELN (5 deaths)2025-03-09: Government of Colombia vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-09: ELN vs EMBF (2 deaths)2025-03-09: ELN vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-03-04: Government of Colombia vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-03-01: ELN vs EMBF (3 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Norte de Santander department, March 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, March 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
9 Mar 2025Ocaña municipality
Norte de Santander department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 3 sources		5
1 Mar 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs EMBF
Non-state, 2 sources		3
0–3
24 Mar 2025Cúcuta municipality
Norte de Santander department		EGC vs Civilians
One-sided, 2 civilian		2
18 Mar 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs EMBF
Non-state		2
16 Mar 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs EMBF
Non-state, 3 sources		2
12 Mar 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		Government of Colombia vs ELN
State-based		2
9 Mar 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs EMBF
Non-state, 2 sources		2
30 Mar 2025Cúcuta municipality
Norte de Santander department		Government of Colombia vs ELN
State-based, 2 sources		1
0–1
26 Mar 2025El Tarra municipality
Norte de Santander department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state		1
20 Mar 2025El Zulia municipality
Norte de Santander department		EGC vs ELN
Non-state, 1 civilian		1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
ELN1727
EMBF510
FARC-EMC59
Government of Colombia45
EGC23

All months

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