2025 in Colombia
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List of events, including those predicted and scheduled, of 2025 in Colombia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Gustavo Petro (2022–present).
- Vice President: Francia Márquez (2022–present).
Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 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]
- 10 January – Venezuela closes its border with Colombia ahead of President Nicolás Maduro's third inauguration.[4][5]
- 17 January – 2025 Catatumbo clashes: The government suspends peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN)[6][7] following separate clashes between the group and dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members in Norte de Santander Department and the Clan del Golfo in Bolívar Department that leaves at least 39 people dead.[8]
- 21 January:
- 2025 Catatumbo clashes:
- 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]
- 2025 Catatumbo clashes:
- 22 January:
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro visiting Haiti (22 January 2025) - 2025 Catatumbo clashes: The Attorney General reactivates arrest warrants for 31 ELN leaders, including some who had represented the ELN during peace talks.[14]
- President Petro travels to Haiti in an official state visit and meets with members of the transitional government.[15][16]
- 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: Eight-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]
- 29 January –The first leg of the 2025 Superliga Colombiana is held at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín.
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February
[edit]- 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]
- 6 February –The second leg of the 2025 Superliga Colombiana is held at Estadio Américo Montanini in Bucaramanga. Atlético Nacional wins 4–3 on penalties, winning their fourth title.[citation needed]
- 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
[edit]- 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]
- 20 March – Match 63 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications is played between Brazil and Colombia at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, Brazil. Brazil wins 2-1 in a last minute goal.[28][29]
- 25 March – Match 66 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications is played between Colombia and Paraguay at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla.[30]
- 25–27 March – The World Health Organization's (WHO) Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health is held in Cartagena.[31]
- 28 March:
- Former Medellín Cartel leader Carlos Lehder is arrested upon arrival at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá from Germany. He is released on 31 March after a court rules that his 24-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in Colombia had expired in 2019.[32]
- Deportation in the second presidency of Donald Trump: Felipe Zapata Velázquez, a Colombian student studying in the United States on an F-1 visa at the University of Florida, is pulled over in a traffic stop for alleged traffic violations and deported back to Colombia.[33]
April
[edit]- 5 April:
- The Comuneros del Sur, an ELN splinter group, signs a peace agreement with the government.[34]
- 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.[35][36][37]
- 6 April – The dismembered remains of Italian biologist Alessandro Coatti are found in multiple locations in the Santa Marta area.[38]
- 12 April – Authorities in Bogotá lift a water-rationing scheme that had been implemented in the city since 2024 due to drought.[39]
- 29 April – A Bell 412EP helicopter of the Colombian Navy crashes into a lake near Mahates, Bolivar Department, killing one of the four occupants on board.[40]
May
[edit]- 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.[41]
- 14 May:
- Colombia officially joins China's Belt and Road Initiative with the signing of an agreement in Beijing.[42][43]
- The Senate votes down a proposal by President Petro to hold a referendum on labor reforms.[44]
- 15 May:
- The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior announces that a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Pataz province has been arrested in Colombia.[45]
- Model and influencer María José Estupiñán Sánchez is shot dead outside her home in Cúcuta, Santander Department.[46][47]
- 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.[48][49]
- 26 May:
- A pipeline supplying gas to Boyacá Department is damaged, affecting 15 municipalities.[50]
- 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.[51]
- 28 May – A two-day strike is launched to demand a referendum on President Petro's proposed labor reforms which failed in Congress.[52]
June
[edit]- 2 June – A Guatemalan appeals court acting on a request by the office of the Attorney General of Guatemala orders the arrest of attorney-general Luz Adriana Camargo and defense minister Iván Velásquez Gómez over their role in the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala.[53]
- 3 June – Colombia is elected to a rotating seat at the United Nations Security Council.[54]
- June –2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications: Colombia v. Peru at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla.[55]
- 7 June –
- 2026 presidential election pre-candidate and senator Miguel Uribe Turbay is shot at a campaign event in Bogotá.[56]
- Four people are killed in a rafting accident along the Güegar River in Meta Department.[57]
- 8 June – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Cundinamarca Department, injuring six people.[58]
- 10 June – Seven people are killed in a series of bomb and gun attacks on police stations blamed on the FARC-EMC across Cauca and Valle del Cauca Departments, including in Cali.[59]
- 12 June – President Petro bypasses Congress and issues a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms in August 2025.[60]
- 21–22 June – Fifty-seven soldiers are abducted by residents in the Micay Canyon in Cauca Department.[61] The soldiers are released following a military operation on 24 June.[62]
- 25 June –
Scheduled events
[edit]- 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications:
- 16-21 April – The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI).[66]
- 9-10 November – The 4th CELAC-EU summit will take place in Santa Marta.[67]
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Bayardo Ardila, 55, actor and voice actor (b. 1969).[68]
- 4 January:
- Elver Cerón, politician and mayor of Mocoa (2004–2007, 2012–2015), shot.[69]
- Víctor Manuel Zapata, 39, footballer (b. 1985).
- 5 January:
- María Páramo, 61, paleontologist and geologist (b. 1963).[70]
- Orlando Cabrales Martínez, 85, politician and chemical engineer (b. 1939).
- 8 January – Jorge Cáceres, 77, Argentine-born footballer.[71]
- 9 January – Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, 78, immunologist, pathologist, and academic (b. 1946).
- 10 January – Nelson Silva Pacheco, 80, Uruguayan-born footballer (b. 1944).[72]
- 11 January – Vanessa "Galena" Ochoa, 33, radio journalist (found).[73]
- 14 January – Rubén Ardila, 82, psychologist.[74]
- 16 January – Miguel de la Espriella, 77, painter and sculptor (b. 1947).[75]
February
[edit]- 2 February – Gabriel Melo Guevara, 85, judge and politician, associate justice of the supreme court (1972–1978), senator (1991–1994) (b. 1939).[76]
- 10 February – Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, 90, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (b. 1934).[77]
March
[edit]- 28 March – Armando Osma, 63, football player (Deportivo Cali, Deportes Tolima) and manager (Manta), heart attack.[78]
April
[edit]- 6 April:
- Alessandro Coatti, Italian biologist (found).[38]
- Jorge Bolaño, 47, footballer (Atlético Junior, Parma, national team), heart attack.[79]
- 9 April – Abel Rodríguez, artist and plant expert.[80]
May
[edit]- 22 May – Carmenza Duque, singer (b. 1951)[81]
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