| Colombia 2005 |
| Province of occurrence Tolima Narino Putumayo n/a Antioquia Meta Antioquia Meta Sucre Guainia Antioquia Bolivar Putumayo Arauca Cauca Arauca Cauca Cauca Cauca Huila Narino Putumayo Tolima Narino Putumayo Choco Antioquia, Meta, Arauca Caqueta Valle del Cauca Narino Tolima Putumayo Putumayo Norte de Santander Valle del Cauca Cauca Valle del Cauca Putumayo Putumayo Cesar Cauca Cundina-marca Norte de Santander Cauca Quindio Narino Choco Huila Choco Antioquia Putumayo Arauca Valle del Cauca Antioquia Narino Huila Antioquia Choco Meta Caqueta |
| Number of deaths 7 soldiers 16 soldiers 8 soldiers 6 soldiers 20 soldiers 5 soldiers 4 soldiers 2 soldiers 3 soldiers 2 soldiers 1 police 6 soldiers 10 soldiers 17 soldiers 3 police 1 soldier 2 police, 2 soldiers 3 soldiers 1 soldier 2 police 1 police 1 police 4 police 1 police 3 police 10 police 5 soldiers 4 police 3 soldiers 2 police 2 police 2 police 19 soldiers 6 soldiers 1 soldier 4 soldiers 1 police 8 soldiers 2 soldiers 15 police 4 police 3 soldiers 4 police 2 police 1 police 10 police 5 police 2 police 5 soldiers 6 soldiers 7 police 5 police 2 soldiers, 1 guard 3 soldiers 1 soldier 4 police 4 soldiers 8 police 28 soldiers 2 police |
| Date 19/1-05 1/2- 05 2/2- 05 4/2- 05 10/2-05 18/2-05 20/2-05 20/2-05 22/2-05 27/2-05 3/3- 05 8/3- 05 23/3-05 6/4- 05 14/4-05 16/4-05 17/4-05 25/4-05 28/4-05 28/4-05 29/4-05 29/4-05 2/5- 05 2/5- 05 19/5-05 19/5-05 23/5-05 24/5-05 25/5-05 26/5-05 6/6- 05 9/6- 05 25/6-05 25/6-05 10/7-05 16/7-05 16/7-05 26/7-05 27/7-05 1/8- 05 3/8- 05 9/8- 05 13/8-05 24/8-05 19/9-05 22/9-05 2/10-05 8/10-05 16/10-05 17/10-05 23/10-05 25/10-05 14/11-05 17/11-05 19/11-05 2/12-05 8/12-05 18/12-05 27/12-05 28/12-05 |
| Description of clashes Seven soldiers were killed and two injured in an ambush near Ortega. (Efe) Rebels attacked a navy inf.base at Iscuande, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 20. (AFP) FARC ambushed and killed 8 soldiers and wounded four as mines went off on a bridge. (BBC) Reports said 28 soliders were killed in attacks this week. (Caracol Radio) FARC killed at least 20 soliders in an attack in the municipality of Mutata. (Reuters) During the past three weeks, 5 soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in an offensive in Meta province. (Reuters) FARC members activated mines which killed four soldiers in a rural sector of Dabeiba. (Reuters) FARC blew up a house and killed two soldiers in Meta provnce. (Reuters) Combat between the army and FARC in Sucre leaves three soldiers dead. (agencies) Two soldiers were killed while patrolling Inirida River, near the city of Inirida. (RCN Radio) A convoy of Colombian prosecutors protected by police came under fire, killing one police. (Col. This Week) 12 rebels and 6 soldiers were killed in fighting near Carmen de Bolivar. (Al Jazeera) Ten soldiers were killed when FARC set off pipe bombs at a troop transport truck. (AFP) FARC detonated expl. as a patrol went by between Fortul and Tame, killing 17 soldiers. (AFP) Rebels attacked Toribo and Jambalo, killing three policemen and one civilian. (diff. agencies) A soldier was shot dead by leftist rebels when he was travelling in a public transit vehicle. (AFP) FARC again attacked Toribo and nearby surroundings, killing two police and two soldiers. (AP) Colombian troops retook Toribo, and in the ensuing push three soldiers were killed. (Reuters) One soldier were killed in clashes with FARC near Jambala. (Xinhuanet) FARC assassinated the town counselor of Hobo, and also killing two policemen. (Xinhuanet) FARC attacked several police vehicles on the road between Pasto and Tumaco, killing one police. (Xinhuanet) Gunmen shot dead a gov. prosecutor and a police officer in La Hormiga. (Colprensa) Rebels ambushed a police patrol between Ibague and Cajamarca, killing 4 police. (Reuters) FARC set up a roadblock in Narino dep., killing one police and wounding 6 others. (El Pais) FARC rebels killed three police in fighting near the town of San Miguel. (AP) A convoy travelling in a remote jungle road near Tado was ambushed by FARC, killing 10 police. (AP) In weekend combat in three provinces, 5 soldiers and 23 rebels were killed. (Reuters) FARC attacked a local counsil meeting in Puerto Rico, killing 6 counsil members and 4 police. (AP) FARC attacked an army patrol near Palmira, killing three soldiers. (AFP) Two policemen were killed in an attack by FARC in Samaniego. (Caracol) Two policemen were killed in an ambush near Rovira. Authorities blame FARC for the attack. (Colprensa) Two policemen were killed and 9 injured in an ambush by FARC near Rumiyaco. (El Colombiano) FARC attacked an army convoy near Puerto Asis, killing 19 soldiers. (AP) Gov. troops clashes with FARC between Ocana and Sardinata, and 6 soldiers were killed. (AP) One solder was killed and 10 wounded in an ambush between Cali and Buenaventura. (El Pais) A car bomb detonated outside Toribo, killing 4 soldiers and wounding two. (Tampa Tribune) FARC guerillas opened fire at police guarding a tollbooth on a highway in Valle del Cauca state. (Tampa Tribune) 8 soldiers were killed and 20 injured in several clashes in Putumayo. (Xinhuanet) Rebels killed two soldiers and wounded four attacking a convoy. (AP) FARC rebels detonated an explosive charge near the village of Patillal, killing 15 police officers. (AP) Four police officers were killed when rebels attacked their barracks in sout-western Colombia. (AAP) Colombian soldiers killed 3 members of a separate army unit in Chipaque, mistaking them for being rebels. (Reuters) In an attack by EPL in Abrego, four police officers were killed. (AP) Two policemen were killed in Almaguer in a joint assault by FARC and ELN. (El Pais) FARC attacked a police patrol outside Armenia, killing one police and wounding two. (Colprensa) Rebels killed 10 police officers driving down a remote highway outside La Cruz. (AP) 5 police officers were killed and 12 wounded in an attack in the western department of Choco. (AFP) Guerillas on bicycles gunned down two policemen in Campoalegre. (EFE) 5 soldiers were killed in combat against FARC rebels outside Mistrato. (El Colombiano) 6 soldiers were killed in combat against Farc rebels near Dabeiba. (El Tiempo) Seven police and two civilians were killed in an attack by FARC in San Miguel. (AP) During a blocade Arauca province, at least five police were killed in several attacks. (AP) Two memb. of the Colombian navy and a sec. guard when a boat exploded near the city of Buenaventura. (El Espectador) Three soldiers were killed and four wounded by landmines planted by FARC near Ituango. (EFE) One soldier and two civilians were killed by a landmine planted by ELN in Barbacoas. (EFE) Four policemen were killed in front of a hospital in Campoalegre, and FARC was blamed for the attack. (EFE) Four soldiers were killed after walking into a minefield near Granada. (AP) 8 police officers died in an attack by FARC rebels in the town of San Marino. (AP) In an attack near the city of Vista Hermosa, 28 soldiers were killed and 1 to 5 were missing. (AP/AFP) Two police officers were killed when a patrol was attacked near the city of Puerto RIco. (AP) |
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| Briefs "... but the groups remain a potent force, staging mostly surprise attacks that have killed more than 600 armed forces this year." AP, 20. december 2005. "Uribes decision to quit as defence minister follows a series of guerilla attacks that have killed more than 300 troops this year ..." Colombia This Week/AP, 8. july 2005. "Nearly 400 soldiers and policemen have been killed there this year alone ..." San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 10. aug. 2005. "Last year, while 2518 members of outlawed groups died in combat, 455 member of the security forces were killed." Financial Times, 13. april 2005. |
| 38 23 6 6 21 15 28 3 2 8 35 31 10 60 1 3 13 8 11 322 600+ |
| Minimum military killed per province |
| Antioquia Arauca Bolivar Caqueta Cauca Cesar Choco Cundinamarca Guainia Huila Meta Narino Norte de Sant. Putumayo Quindio Sucre Tolima Valle del Cauca n/a All procinces only as reported in open sources Official numbers from AP (20/12) |