1 January – The minimum wage in Colombia is raised from 1.3 million to 1.4 million Colombian pesos per month, a 9.54% rise.[1]
3 January – Thirteen people die and 28 are injured after a bus carrying 42 people falls into a gorge while traveling on a road connecting Ipiales with Pasto in Nariño Department.[2]
The death toll of the ELN attacks in northeastern Colombia rises to at least 80 people, with thousands more displaced.[9]
The government officially declares a state of internal commotion and launches a military offensive against ELN guerillas.[10][11] The National Police begin evacuating people from affected areas.[12]
Fourteen FARC dissidents from the 33rd front surrender to the National Army to avoid attacks by the ELN in El Tarra and Tibú municipalities of Norte de Santander.[13]
22 January:President of Colombia Gustavo Petro visiting Haiti (22 January 2025)
24 January – 2025 Catatumbo clashes: President Petro issues a decree giving himself emergency powers to restore order in the Catatumbo region for a period of 270 days.[17]
25 January – 2025 Catatumbo clashes: Eight-four ELN combatants surrender to authorities and 20 child soldiers are rescued from the ELN's 33rd Front. Fifty-five rifles, five machine guns, a sniper rifle, 25 pistols, 80 mortar shells, explosives, 300 anti-personnel mines, 20,327 rounds of ammunition and communications equipment are also seized.[18]
26 January – US President Donald Trump threatens to impose sanctions, tariffs, a travel ban, and visa revocations against Colombia as retaliation for not accepting two U.S. military deportation flights.[19] President Petro says that the country will not accept any deportation flights until the United States creates a process that treats the migrants with "dignity and respect," and that civilian aircraft flights would be accepted.[20] Later in the day, the White House announces that Colombia had agreed to accept deportees.[21]
4 February – President Petro orders the cancellation of a joint petroleum production venture between the state oil company Ecopetrol and the US firm Occidental Petroleum, citing concerns over the usage of fracking.[22]
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