Desert Wolves

The Desert Wolves are a private battalion of retired Colombian Armed Forces personnel fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces in the ongoing Sudanese civil war. It consists of four companies comprising between 300 and 400 mercenaries in total. The first company arrived in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, in November 2024.
According to the Noticias Caracol news program, the battalion was recruited by private security companies in the United Arab Emirates under the coordination of Álvaro Quijano, a retired colonel of the Colombian Army. According to Sudan Events, Emirati firms have previously deployed Colombian ex-soldiers in Yemen, Libya, and Somalia. Responding to accusations from Sudanese government authorities, a UAE official denied the allegations and called them fabricated.