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Forty-five Colombian soldiers are kidnapped by a mob in Cauca Department, Colombia, while conducting anti-drug cartel operations. The military says the soldiers are being held hostage by local villagers who are demanding the return of a killed insurgent's body which was transferred to a morgue in Popayán in return for their release.
2025-09-7

Colombia's Ombudsman's Office confirms that 33 soldiers detained for three days in a village in Guaviare after clashes with dissident FARC fighters have been released following negotiations involving officials and the United Nations.
2025-08-28

Colombian defense minister Pedro Sánchez reports that at least 34 soldiers have been kidnapped by armed civilians in Guaviare after clashes with dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that killed eleven fighters, including a commander, on Sunday.
2025-08-26

The Colombian National Army and National Police begin offensive operations across eleven "municipios" of the Catatumbo region.
2025-01-24

The National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC dissidents exchange heavy fire across the Catatumbo region del Catatumbo, Colombia, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped, after the ELN accused the FARC dissidents of killing civilians in the area. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to cease their attacks immediately.
2025-01-19

FARC dissidents open fire against a prison convoy in Cauca Department, Colombia, killing two prison guards and serial killer Manuel Octavio Bermúdez. Six others are wounded.
2024-10-17

The National Army of Colombia re-enters the corregimiento of El Plateado in Argelia, Cauca Department, Colombia, in an attempt to clear the corregimiento of FARC dissidents.
2024-10-12

Nine people are killed and five others are injured in clashes between FARC dissidents and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Arauca, Colombia. It occurs as the ELN concludes a fourth round of peace talks with the government.
2023-09-4

Clashes between the revolutionary far-left armed groups ELN and FARC dissidents in Arauca Department leave 23 people dead near Colombia’s border with Venezuela.
2022-01-3

Five people are killed and six more are injured during a mass shooting at a public venue in Tumaco, Colombia. A military commander has blamed the attack on FARC dissidents.
2021-09-26