1 January – The minimum wage in Colombia is raised from 1.3 million to 1.4 million Colombian pesos per month, a 9.54% rise.[1]
3 January – Thirteen people die and 28 are injured after a bus carrying 42 people falls into a gorge while traveling on a road connecting Ipiales with Pasto in Nariño Department.[2]
8 January – A Cessna 402 operated by Pacifica de Aviación (registered as HK-2522) crashes in Antioquia Department, killing all 10 occupants on board.[3]
The death toll of the ELN attacks in northeastern Colombia rises to at least 80 people, with thousands more displaced.[9]
The government officially declares a state of internal commotion and launches a military offensive against ELN guerillas.[10][11] The National Police begin evacuating people from affected areas.[12]
Fourteen FARC dissidents from the 33rd front surrender to the National Army to avoid attacks by the ELN in El Tarra and Tibú municipalities of Norte de Santander.[13]
22 January:President of Colombia Gustavo Petro visiting Haiti (22 January 2025)
24 January – 2025 Catatumbo clashes: President Petro issues a decree giving himself emergency powers to restore order in the Catatumbo region for a period of 270 days.[17]
25 January – 2025 Catatumbo clashes: Eighty-four ELN combatants surrender to authorities and 20 child soldiers are rescued from the ELN's 33rd Front. Fifty-five rifles, five machine guns, a sniper rifle, 25 pistols, 80 mortar shells, explosives, 300 anti-personnel mines, 20,327 rounds of ammunition and communications equipment are also seized.[18]
26 January – US President Donald Trump threatens to impose sanctions, tariffs, a travel ban, and visa revocations against Colombia as retaliation for not accepting two U.S. military deportation flights.[19] President Petro says that the country will not accept any deportation flights until the United States creates a process that treats the migrants with "dignity and respect," and that civilian aircraft flights would be accepted.[20] Later in the day, the White House announces that Colombia had agreed to accept deportees.[21]
4 February – President Petro orders the cancellation of a joint petroleum production venture between the state oil company Ecopetrol and the US firm Occidental Petroleum, citing concerns over the usage of fracking.[22]
9 February – President Petro asks his entire cabinet to resign amid an ongoing internal dispute.[23]
18 February – The ELN launches a three-day "armed strike" in Chocó Department.[24]
20 February – A police officer is injured in a bomb attack on a police station in Cúcuta.[25]
March
6 March – Twenty-eight soldiers and a police officer are abducted in an attack by FARC dissidents in El Plateado, Cauca Department. They are released on 8 March.[26]
11 March – Five soldiers are killed in a roadside bombing of their vehicle by FARC dissidents in the Micay Canyon, Cauca Department.[27]
The Comuneros del Sur, an ELN splinter group, signs a peace agreement with the government.[35]
Sara Millerey González, a 32 year old trans woman, dies after being assaulted, raped, and thrown into a stream near Bello, Antioquia. Her assault and death spark protests and vigils in Bello as well as Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín.[36][37][38]
6 April – The dismembered remains of Italian biologist Alessandro Coatti are found in multiple locations in the Santa Marta area.[39]
12 April – Authorities in Bogotá lift a water-rationing scheme that had been implemented in the city since 2024 due to drought.[40]
10 May – President Petro grants asylum to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli, who had been taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City following a conviction for money laundering in 2023.[42]
25 May – A bus carrying students and professors from Humboldt University in Armenia crashes on the Helicoidal Bridge in Calarcá, killing ten people and injuring eleven others.[49][50]
26 May:
A pipeline supplying gas to Boyacá Department is damaged, affecting 15 municipalities.[51]
The Council of State publishes its opinion rejecting The Coca-Cola Company's resquest for trademark protection of its "Agua Brisa" brand against Alvisa Alcohol Group, allowing Alvisa to trademark "La Brisa Alvisa" for its product.[52]
28 May – A two-day strike is launched to demand a referendum on President Petro's proposed labor reforms which failed in Congress.[53]
Match 80 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications is held between Argentina and Colombia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ending with a 1 – 1 draw.[62][63]
12 June – President Petro bypasses Congress and issues a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms in August 2025.[64]
21–22 June – Fifty-seven soldiers are abducted by residents in the Micay Canyon in Cauca Department.[65] The soldiers are released following a military operation on 24 June.[66]
President Petro suspends the extradition of FARC-EMC commander Willington Henao Gutiérrez, also known as "Mocho Olmedo", to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, citing his importance in peace negotiations with rebels in the Catatumbo region.[70]
July
The emergency conference on Palestine, convened by the Hague Group in Bogotá (16 July).3 July – The United States recalls its charge d’affaires to Colombia in response to criticism by President Petro over Washington's position over an alleged plot to overthrow him.[71]
9 July – A soldier is killed in a bomb attack on an army patrol blamed on the ELN near Valdivia, Antioquia.[72]
11 July – Giuseppe Palermo, a suspected leader of the Italian 'Ndrangheta, is arrested in Bogotá following an Interpol red notice against him.[73]
26 July – Ecuador deports 600 Colombian detainees through the Rumichaca Bridge, prompting criticism from the Colombian government accusing its counterparts of failing to coordinate the transfer.[79]
28 July – Former president Alvaro Uribe is convicted of witness tampering and bribery involving a case about Uribe's alleged links with paramilitary groups.[80] He is sentenced on 1 August to 12 years' home confinement,[81] but has his conviction overturned on appeal on 21 October.[82]
24 August – Thirty-three soldiers are abducted by villagers near El Retorno in Guaviare Department following clashes that left 10 FARC dissidents dead. They are released on 28 August.[86][87]
27 August – The teenage gunman accused of killing Miguel Uribe Turbay in June is sentenced to a seven-year confinement at a youth rehabilitation facility.[88]
12 September – The Constitutional Court rules that Meta Platforms had unlawfully deleted the Instagram account of adult actress Esperanza Gómez and inconsistently applied its policies against nudity and sexual services.[96]
14 September –
A police officer is killed in an attack by FARC dissidents on a police station in Carmelo, Cauca Department.[97]
The United States decertifies Colombia as a cooperative partner in the war on drugs for the first time since 1997.[98]
President Petro accuses the United States of killing a Colombian fisherman in a strike by the US military on his boat during anti-drug operations off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.[99]
The government suspends the purchase of weapons from the United States in response to the US decision to decertify Colombia in its drug control obligations.[101]
18 September – The Special Jurisdiction for Peace orders 12 former officers of the Colombian military to do eight years of rehabilitation and reparations work for their role in the killings of 135 civilians falsely accused of being rebels during the Colombian conflict.[102]
20 September – The bodies of seven miners are recovered from a collapsed illegal gold mine in Cauca Department.[103]
22 September – The La Reliquia mine in Segovia, Antioquia, collapses, trapping 23 people who are rescued on 24 September.[104][103]
25 September – At least 11 people are reported to have died after consuming bootleg alcohol in Barranquilla.[105]
27 September – American musician Kendrick Lamar performs for the first time in Colombia following a concert at the Foro Vive Claro in Bogotá as part of his Grand National Tour.[107]
October
13 October – Two exiled Venezuelan human rights activists are injured in a targeted shooting in Bogotá.[108]
17 October – The United States announces that it had killed three people in a strike on a drug-smuggling boat used by the ELN off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.[109]
20 October – Colombia recalls its ambassador to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, following disparaging comments made by US president Donald Trump against President Petro.[110]
24 October – The United States imposes sanctions on President Petro, his family, and interior minister Armando Benedetti on charges of involvement in drug-trafficking.[111]
25 November — Santiago Uribe, the brother of former president Alvaro Uribe, is sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment for murder and aggravated conspiracy over his support of The 12 Apostles paramilitary group during the 1990s.[118]
An army general and an official of the National Intelligence Directorate are suspended amid allegations that they had shared sensitive information with a FARC dissident commander.[120]
December
1 December – Colombia expels 26 members of the Lev Tahor sect to the United States amid an investigation into the group's involvement in child abuse.[121]
7 December – Two police officers are killed in a bomb attack blamed on the ELN in Cúcuta.[122]
9 December – The United States imposes sanctions on several individuals and entities linked to a transnational network that recruited former Colombian soldiers to work as mercenaries for the Rapid Support Forces during the Sudanese civil war.[123]
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