Massacre Events and Victims in the Colombian Armed Conflict

Casualty records detail massacres in Colombia, including the 'Total de Víctimas del Caso' per event. The dataset is published by the Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica via the Colombian open data portal. Data was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of violence by mapping 'Municipio' and 'latitud-longitud' coordinates against 'Presunto Responsable'.
• Model temporal trends in massacre frequency and victim counts using 'Año', 'Mes', 'Día', and 'Total de Víctimas del Caso'.
• Investigate correlations between different violent acts like 'Desplazamiento Forzado', 'Tortura', and 'Abandono o Despojo Forzado de Tierras' within the same event using 'ID Caso'.
• Profile perpetrator groups by analyzing 'Descripción Presunto Responsable' and 'Modalidad' across different 'Departamento' regions.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial coordinates ('latitud-longitud') for event mapping.
• Contains 26 distinct columns documenting event details, weapons, victims, and simultaneous crimes.
• Data is current with a recorded update in December 2025.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Sample data is unavailable to verify data completeness and value distributions.
• Potential reporting biases may exist in historical conflict data.

Provenance

Source

Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (Colombian National Center for Historical Memory).

Collection Method

Administrative records and reports on violent events within the armed conflict.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated December 2025.

Geography

Colombia, specified by 'Departamento' and 'Municipio'.