Valle del Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026
UCDP recorded 18 eventsP of organized violence in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 22P. UCDP counts 6P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 20 eventsP.
P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.
The report of the country for this month: Colombia, August 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 26.0.8, 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.
Events
The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Colombia has each event.
No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.
Actors, as UCDP names them
Names as UCDP writes them.
| Name, as UCDP writes it | Events | Estimated deaths in these events |
|---|---|---|
| Actor not identified by UCDP | 15P | 19P |
| FARC - Segunda Marquetalia | 1P | 1P |
| FARC-EMC | 1P | 1P |
| Government of Colombia | 3P | 3P |
| Group named for a person (name not shown) | 1P | 1P |
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
| Month | Events | Estimated deaths | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 18P | 22P | Candidate Events |
| July 2026 | 20P | 24P | Candidate Events |
| June 2026 | 25P | 29P | Candidate Events |
| May 2026 | 5P | 7P | Candidate Events |
| April 2026 | 11P | 18P | Candidate Events |
| March 2026 | 3P | 7P | Candidate Events |
| February 2026 | 2P | 2P | Candidate Events |
| January 2026 | 1P | 2P | Candidate Events |
| December 2025 | 1 | 2 | GED |
| November 2025 | 1 | 1 | GED |
| October 2025 | 1 | 1 | GED |
| September 2025 | 2 | 4 | GED |
| August 2025 | 5 | 12 | GED |
| July 2025 | 3 | 4 | GED |
| June 2025 | 4 | 8 | GED |
| May 2025 | 3 | 5 | GED |
| April 2025 | 1 | 1 | GED |
| March 2025 | 1 | 2 | GED |
| January 2025 | 4 | 15 | GED |
| November 2024 | 3 | 3 | GED |
| August 2024 | 3 | 2 | GED |
P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.
Cite this page
ConflictStats. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/colombia/valle-del-cauca-department/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .
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