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Valle del Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Valle del Cauca departmentPopulation about 1,491,937 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 23 eventsP of organized violence in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 29P. The count for August 2026 was 19 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 112 eventsP in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 146P. UCDP counts 26P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Colombia with a page, Valle del Cauca department has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Valle del Cauca department holds 9 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 26 events in Valle del Cauca department. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 112P, which is up 331 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Colombia as a whole went from 626 to 1,260P, which is up 101 percent. For the events in Valle del Cauca department, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Colombia.

Table 1. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2319112
Estimated deaths, best estimate2924146
Low estimate of deaths2924146
High estimate of deaths2924146
Deaths of civilians1626

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

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.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Valle del Cauca department, Colombia on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02550Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Valle del Cauca department by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Valle del Cauca department, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 112 events with 146 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Valle del Cauca department: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP91P111P
EGC1P1P
ELN12
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia1P1P
FARC-EMC8P12P
Government of Colombia7P9P
Group named for a person (name not shown)3P3P
Los Espartanos3P4P
Los Flacos3P10P
Los Shottas4P6P
Nueva Generación Gang3P10P

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.

Second-level areas

The areas in Valle del Cauca department that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Valle del Cauca department in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Ansermanuevo municipality18P21P
Buenaventura municipality22P26P
Cali municipality21P27P
Cartago municipality20P30P
El Águila municipality3P4P
Florida municipality3P3P
Jamundí municipality4P7P
Obando municipality2P4P
Toró municipality2P5P
Tuluá municipality2P2P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Valle del Cauca department: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict9P8%
Non-state conflict83P74%
One-sided violence against civilians20P18%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Valle del Cauca department, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202623P29PCandidate Events
August 202619P24PCandidate Events
July 202620P24PCandidate Events
June 202625P29PCandidate Events
May 20265P7PCandidate Events
April 202611P18PCandidate Events
March 20263P7PCandidate Events
February 20262P2PCandidate Events
January 20261P2PCandidate Events
December 202512GED
November 202511GED
October 202511GED
September 202524GED
August 2025512GED
July 202534GED
June 202548GED
May 202535GED
April 202511GED
March 202512GED
January 2025415GED
November 202433GED
August 202432GED

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.

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ConflictStats. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/valle-del-cauca-department/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 23 eventsP of organized violence in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 19 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Valle del Cauca department, Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 146P. The low estimate is 146 and the high estimate is 146P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.