2026 in Colombia
List of events, including those predicted and scheduled, of 2026 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President: Gustavo Petro.
- Vice President: Francia Márquez.
Events
Ongoing
January
- 2 January – Colombia assumes a two-year non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council.
- 3 January – President Petro orders the mobilization of security forces along the Colombia–Venezuela border in response to the 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela.
- 6 January – The ELN abducts five police officers from a bus in the Catatumbo region. They are released on 19 January.
- 10 January – A Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes in Paipa, Boyacá Department, killing all six occupants, including singer Yeison Jiménez.
- 17 January –
- *At least 27 people are killed in clashes between rival FARC dissident groups in El Retorno, Guaviare Department.
- *Two freight wagons detach and roll into streets in Duitama, Boyaca Department, killing one person.
- 20 January – President Petro issues a decree reducing the wages of members of the Congress of Colombia by 30%, citing fiscal issues.
- 22 January – Colombia announces a 30% tariff on unspecified imports from Ecuador and suspends sales of electricity to the latter country in retaliation for Quito imposing a 30% tariff on Colombian goods the previous day.
- 28 January – SATENA Flight 8895, a Beechcraft 1900 operated by SATENA, crashes near Ocaña, Norte de Santander, on its way from Cúcuta, killing all 15 people on board including congressman Diógenes Quintero.
- 29 January – The government issues a decree restricting the importation of drones, citing their usage in attacks by armed anti-state forces.
Scheduled
Deaths
- 3 January – Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Pereira, bishop of Málaga–Soatá and of Buga.
- 5 January – Bonifacio Ávila, 75, Olympic boxer.
- 9 January – Beatriz González, 93, painter, sculptor, critic, curator, and art historian.
- 10 January – Yeison Jiménez, 34, música popular singer and songwriter.
- 15 January – Dogardisc, champeta singer and songwriter.
- 28 January – Diógenes Quintero, 36, lawyer, human rights defender, and politician.