More than 500 peace agreement signatories assassinated in Colombia since 2016
More than 500 former guerrillas who signed the peace agreement have been assassinated in Colombia since 2016, according to SAAD. The South-western region accounts for the highest number of homicides.
More than 500 peace agreement signatories assassinated in Colombia since the signing of the peace accord
More than 500 signatories of the peace agreement have been assassinated in Colombia since 2016, according to information from prensa-latina.cu based on analysis by the Autonomous Advisory and Defence System (SAAD) Peace Signatories, with data updated to 31 August 2026.
The same report registers more than 500 people forcibly displaced and 1,939 investigations opened due to threats against those who laid down their weapons.
In August alone, five assassinations of signatories were documented, a figure identical to that recorded during the entire first half of the year. During the first month of the government of Abelardo de la Espriella—from 7 August to 7 September 2026—six additional homicides were recorded.
The period with the greatest violence corresponds to the mandate of Iván Duque (2018–2022), when 278 assassinations were reported and the highest monthly rate of the analysed period: 5.79 homicides per month.
97.7 per cent of the victims are men (501) and 2.3 per cent women (12).
Putumayo, Cauca, Caquetá, Huila, Norte de Santander, Valle del Cauca and Nariño account for the greatest instances of violence against the signatory population. The South-western Region—Cauca, Nariño and Valle del Cauca—accounts for 34.1 per cent of the homicides in the period and consolidates itself as the territory at greatest risk.
According to the National Reincorporation Council, the UN Verification Mission and the Ombudsman's Office, the violence is directly linked to disputes between armed structures over the control of strategic corridors and illicit economies, as well as to threats and restrictions on mobility.
The report issued recommendations aimed at preventing further instances of violence. Among them, it called on the National Government and the National Protection Unit to strengthen the State's preventive capacity, and to incorporate into the next National Development Plan an exclusive chapter on the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement, articulated around the strategic axes of the Implementation Framework Plan.
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