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Norte de Santander department: conflict events in May 2025

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

13events11 the month before
14est. deathsrange 14–16
9civilian deaths

Norte de Santander department, Colombia saw 13 recorded events and 14 estimated deaths in May 2025. That is +18% compared with 11 events the month before. The death toll range is 14 to 16.

38% of the month's events were non-state conflict. Civilian deaths: 9.

The most active pairing was FARC-EMC - ELN with 4 events.

Where events happened

2025-05-30: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-05-27: ELN vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-05-24: Government of Colombia vs ELN (0 deaths)2025-05-20: Government of Colombia vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-05-19: ELN vs EMBF (1 deaths)2025-05-17: ELN vs Civilians (2 deaths)2025-05-17: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-05-16: ELN vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-05-16: ELN vs Civilians (1 deaths)2025-05-13: Government of Colombia vs ELN (1 deaths)2025-05-13: EMBF vs Civilians (0 deaths)2025-05-04: FARC-EMC vs ELN (3 deaths)2025-05-02: FARC-EMC vs ELN (1 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Norte de Santander department, May 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, May 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
4 May 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 3 civilian, 2 sources		3
17 May 2025Ábrego municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs Civilians
One-sided, 2 civilian		2
30 May 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state		1
27 May 2025Cúcuta municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs Civilians
One-sided		1
20 May 2025Cúcuta municipality
Norte de Santander department		Government of Colombia vs ELN
State-based		1
19 May 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs EMBF
Non-state, 1 civilian, 3 sources		1
17 May 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		FARC-EMC vs ELN
Non-state, 1 civilian		1
16 May 2025Cúcuta municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs Civilians
One-sided, 1 civilian		1
16 May 2025Tibú municipality
Norte de Santander department		ELN vs Civilians
One-sided, 1 civilian, 3 sources		1
13 May 2025Teorama municipality
Norte de Santander department		Government of Colombia vs ELN
State-based		1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
ELN1214
FARC-EMC46
Government of Colombia32
EMBF21

All months

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