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Norte de Santander department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Norte de Santander department, Colombia in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 11P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in March 2026.

The count for April 2025 was 11 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is down 73 percentP. Among the 25 months with a report for Norte de Santander department, Colombia, April 2026 has the 18th highest count of events. Norte de Santander department, Colombia holds 5 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 24 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Colombia, April 2026.

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. Norte de Santander department, April 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
19 Apr 2026El Tarra municipality, Norte de Santander departmentGovernment of Colombia; ELNState-based222
20 Apr 2026El Tarra municipality, Norte de Santander departmentGovernment of Colombia; ELNState-based888
25 Apr 2026Villa del Rosario municipality, Norte de Santander departmentGroup named for a person (name not shown); CiviliansOne-sided111

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Norte de Santander department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
ELN2P10P
Government of Colombia2P10P
Group named for a person (name not shown)1P1P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Norte de Santander department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202627P32PCandidate Events
August 202628P38PCandidate Events
July 202620P24PCandidate Events
June 202616P20PCandidate Events
May 20269P21PCandidate Events
April 20263P11PCandidate Events
February 202612P24PCandidate Events
January 20263P4PCandidate Events
December 202546GED
November 202528GED
October 202522GED
September 2025515GED
August 202511GED
July 202547GED
June 2025820GED
May 20251314GED
April 20251116GED
March 20251829GED
February 202589GED
January 20252339GED
December 202433GED
November 202466GED
October 2024710GED
September 202411GED
August 202425GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Norte de Santander department: all figures

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ConflictStats. Norte de Santander department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/norte-de-santander-department/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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