Colombian Conflict (1964–present) | ||||||||||
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Part of the Cold War (1964–1991) and the War on Drugs (1991–present) |
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Top: Colombian soldiers in the conflict zone Center: FARC guerrillas at the Caguan peace talks Bottom: Carlos Castaño with AUC paramilitaries |
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Belligerents | ||||||||||
Supported by: |
Paramilitaries (Right-wing)
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Guerrillas (Left-wing) Supported by:Venezuela (alleged) Cuba (until 1991) Soviet Union (until 1991) |
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
Colombian government: Juan Manuel Santos Alvaro Uribe Velez Andrés Pastrana Arango Ernesto Samper Pizano César Gaviria Trujillo |
AUC: Fidel Castaño † Carlos Castaño † Vicente Castaño Rodrigo Tovar Pupo Salvatore Mancuso Diego Murillo |
FARC: Antonio García Francisco Galán |
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Strength | ||||||||||
National Police: 175,250 Army: 237,567 Navy: 33,913 Air Force: 14,033 |
Paramilitary successor groups, including the Black Eagles: 3,749 – 13,000 |
FARC: 13,980 (2016) ELN: 1,380 – 3,000 (2013) IRAFP: ~80 |
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Casualties and losses | ||||||||||
Army and Police: 4,908 killed since 2004 20,001 injured since 2004 |
AUC: 2,200 killed 35,000 demobilized. BACRIM: 222 killed 18,506 captured |
FARC, ELN and other irregular military groups: 11,484 killed since 2004 26,648 demobilized since 2002 34,065 captured since 2004 |
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Total casualties: 218,094 Total civilians killed: 177,307 People abducted: 27,023 Victims of enforced disappearances: 25,007 Victims of anti-personnel mines: 10,189 Total people displaced: 4,744,046–5,712,506 |
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(De): Demobilized (Dis): Dismantled |
Ongoing
Supported by:
United States
Brazil
Spain
Mexico
France
Canada
Italy
United Kingdom