2026 in Colombia

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2026 Timeline of Colombian history

List of events, including those predicted and scheduled, of 2026 in Colombia.

• President: Gustavo Petro (2022–present).
• Vice President: Francia Márquez (2022–present).

• Colombian conflict
  • Catatumbo campaign
  • United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia

• 2 January – Colombia assumes a two-year non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council.^[1]
• 3 January – President Petro orders the mobilization of security forces along the Colombia–Venezuela border in response to the 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela.^[2]
• 6 January – The ELN abducts five police officers from a bus in the Catatumbo region. They are released on 19 January.^[3]
• 10 January – A Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes in Paipa, Boyacá Department, killing all six occupants, including singer Yeison Jiménez.^[4]
• 17 January –
  • At least 27 people are killed in clashes between rival FARC dissident groups in El Retorno, Guaviare Department.^[5]
  • Two freight wagons detach and roll into streets in Duitama, Boyaca Department, killing one person.^[6]
• 20 January – President Petro issues a decree reducing the wages of members of the Congress of Colombia by 30%, citing fiscal issues.^[7]
• 22 January – Colombia announces a 30% tariff on unspecified imports from Ecuador and suspends sales of electricity to the latter country in retaliation for Quito imposing a 30% tariff on Colombian goods the previous day.^[8]
• 28 January – SATENA Flight 8895, a Beechcraft 1900 operated by SATENA, crashes near Ocaña, Norte de Santander, on its way from Cúcuta, killing all 15 people on board including congressman Diógenes Quintero.^[9]
• 29 January – The government issues a decree restricting the importation of drones, citing their usage in attacks by armed anti-state forces.^[10]

• 4 February – Seven ELN rebels are killed in a military operation near the Venezuelan border.^[11]
• 5 February –
  • The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on three Colombians accused of recruiting mercenaries for the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present).^[12]
  • Santiago Gallon Henao, a suspect in the 1994 killing of football player Andrés Escobar, is shot dead in Mexico.^[13]
  • Six people are killed in a methane explosion at the Mata Siete coal mine in Guacheta.^[14]
• 6 February – Two people are killed while four others are reported missing following an ambush on a convoy of senator Jairo Castellanos in Arauca Department.^[15]
• 10 February –
  • President Petro announces that he had survived an assassination attempt along with his daughters aboard a helicopter.^[16]
  • Senator Aida Quilcue and two bodyguards are briefly abducted from their vehicle in Cauca Department.^[17]
  • At least 22 people are reported killed in flooding across four northern departments.^[18]

• 8 March – 2026 Colombian parliamentary election^[19]
• May – 2026 Colombian presidential election^[20]

• 3 January – Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Pereira (1984–1987), bishop of Málaga–Soatá (1987–2001) and of Buga (2001–2012).^[21]
• 5 January – Bonifacio Ávila, 75, Olympic boxer (1972).^[22]
• 9 January – Beatriz González, 93, painter, sculptor, critic, curator, and art historian.^[23]
• 10 January – Yeison Jiménez, 34, música popular singer and songwriter.^[4]
• 15 January – Dogardisc, champeta singer and songwriter.^[24]
• 28 January – Diógenes Quintero, 36, lawyer, human rights defender, and politician.^[9]