During the three months covered by the report, the UN registered ten murders and two attempts against former FARC ex -combatants.
The United Nations Verification Mission for the Peace Agreement between the Colombian State and the extinct FARC presents a new quarterly monitoring report to the implementation of the 2016 Treaty, In the middle of a key moment: the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) issued its first sentences And the mission changed representative in Colombia.
Miroslav Jenca will premiere as sent in the country of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, and will read for the entire Security Council – the most important instance of the United Nations— the results that the mission collected between June 27 and September 26 of this yeara period loaded by the repercussions of the magnicide of Miguel Uribe Turbay.
During the three months covered by the report, the UN registered Ten murders and two attempts against former FARC ex -combatants, in addition to the disappearance of one of themof whom the document does not reveal its identity. According to verification mission data, this year forty peace signatories have been killed, which exceeds the figure of 33 of the entire 2024.
Until now, the year with more homicides of those who are in the process of reincorporation has been 2019, with eighty, followed by 2020, with 76. The figure was decreasing from then until last year, but the trend in 2025 increases. Since the signing of the agreement until September 26, 2025, the mission has verified 481 murders and 164 attempts.
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“The acts of violence occurred during the period on which it is reported and the persistence of insecurity In some of the prioritized areas for peace implementation They are a reason for concern“He warned the mission in his report, in which he asked to” do everything possible to ensure that Colombia does not go back, but continues to advancing “towards lasting peace.
The quarterly period of which the balance speaks met with the first JEP sentences, which after eight years of operation, fifteen thousand people submitted and twelve thousand victims accredited, sanctioned the last secretariat of the FARC and twelve exmilitaries for crimes against humanity. Now they will have to advance repair activities with restrictions on freedom.
The special justice condemned the former FARC for more than 21 thousand kidnappingsand the former members of the public force – of the Battalion La Popa, of Valledupar— By 135 murders and forced disappearances that falsely presented as casualties in combatBetween 2002 and 2005. Judgments now face appeals and financing problems.
“It is essential that all sanctioned people continue to demonstrate Your commitment to peace fully complying with his sanctions, “said the UN. Secretary Guterres called the State” Do not spare efforts to ensure that the required conditions are given, Among them the necessary funds and security guarantees for all actors involved. “
Currently, the JEP maintains open macrocasses with different crime patterns throughout the armed conflict. In the coming months, The first adversarial sentence of the jurisdiction is expected, against the excommond of the Public Publio Hernán Mejíawho did not accept the transitional system and could receive up to twenty years in jail.
Meanwhile, the government must continue with other points of the agreement, such as the comprehensive rural reform, which includes the award and formalization of land. The National Land Agency (ANT) has reported only 275.5 thousand hectares awarded since the signing of the agreement in 2016which represents just 9% of the goal set at three million hectares.
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“There continued challenges, such asbudget restrictions, an unequal investment between regions and limited inter -institutional coordination“, argues the UN, which at several times urges more” institutional coordination “to respond to land restitution applications, Accelerate investments in the territories and bring opportunities to ex -combatants.
The report stressed the urgency of implementing security guarantees not only for those who in the past were part of the FARC, but also for the 2026 electoral period. Secretary Guterres insisted that the appropriate safeguarding “It is essential for democracy Colombian “, in particular to carry out a quiet process in areas dominated by the conflict.
Jenca will read the quarterly report on the Security Council this October 3 at nine in the morning. A delegation from Colombia is usually on the Council to listen to the repairs and eventually answer them, And since last year the presence of a representative of the other high contracting party of the agreement is also relevant: Peace signatories.
However, common, the party derived from the mass demobilization of the FARC, denounced that Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio will not be present. For Rodrigo Londoño, the last commander of the extinct guerrillas and president of Commons, It is a “Clear demonstration of The little That the Petro government cares about the agreement. “” Peace is not just speeches, “he said.
Source: Integrated information system
