General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 1997-05-30
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1998-06-04
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: The non-state conflict between AUC and ELN is first included in UCDP data in 1998. Between May and June of that year, clashes between paramilitaries and guerrillas had resulted in more than 25 battle-related deaths.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1997
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 18 |
| Best | 18 |
| Low | 18 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1998
Primary Parties: AUC - ELN
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 53 |
| Best | 53 |
| Low | 53 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1999
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 19 |
| Best | 19 |
| Low | 19 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2000
Primary Parties: AUC - ELN
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 146 |
| Best | 38 |
| Low | 38 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2001
Primary Parties: AUC - ELN
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 73 |
| Best | 63 |
| Low | 55 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2002
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 28 |
| Best | 24 |
| Low | 24 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2003
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 24 |
| Best | 24 |
| Low | 24 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2004
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 7 |
| Best | 7 |
| Low | 7 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2008
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2024
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1997 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1998 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1999 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2000 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: In 2000 AUC decided to increase its armed struggle against ELN, Colombia’s second largest leftist guerrilla. Already in January there were clashes between the groups with possibly 50 casualties, though these figures have been hard to confirm. In July AUC tried to drive out ELN from what AUC leader Carlos Castaño referred to as the “only sanctuary they have left”, situated the Andean mountains of the Bolivar province in north Colombia. At least 18 guerrillas and 2 paramilitaries, though some estimates are much higher, were killed in the fighting.
Comment on Yearly Battle Related Deaths: The great difference in the number of casualties between the high and best/low estimate is due to the problem of confirming casualties in the fighting that often took place in remote parts of the country.
Terminated: NO
2001 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The first clashes in 2001 took place inside a prison in Barrancabermeja. Prisoners from AUC and ELN, hosted in different cell blocks, were able to start the fight using firearms and explosives. The fighting left two inmates dead and several more seriously injured. Later in the year an ELN member was killed in another prison attack. Outside the prison the conflict between AUC and ELN continued. ELN, which was a struggling organisation in 2001, was at one point aided by FARC in an attack where a truck, transporting AUC paramilitaries, was blown up. 14 members of AUC were killed in the attack.
Terminated: NO
2002 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2003 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2004 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2008 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2024 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
