2024 in Colombia

Events in the year 2024 in Colombia.

Incumbents

 * President: Gustavo Petro
 * Vice President: Francia Márquez
 * Government: Cabinet of Gustavo Petro

January

 * January 4 – The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army base in Turbo, Antioquia Department, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others.
 * January 13 – El Carmen de Atrato landslide: A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, kills 37 people and injures at least 35 others.
 * January 19 – One person dies after an magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Valle del Cauca Department.

February

 * February 27 – President Gustavo Petro announces the suspension of weapons purchases from Israeli manufacturers and acknowledges the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as genocide.

April

 * April 24 – Amazon rubber cycle: The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for allowing the enslavement and systematic brutality they endured during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries.
 * April 29 – An Mi-17 army helicopter crashes near Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar Department, killing all nine officers on board.

May

 * May 2 – Colombia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel over its war in Gaza.
 * May 16 – Elmer Fernandez, the director of the La Modelo prison in Bogota, is shot dead by a motorcycled gunman while on his way home from work.
 * May 20 – Six people are injured in a bomb attack in Jamundi blamed on FARC dissidents.
 * May 28 – The Senate of Colombia approves a resolution banning Spanish-style bullfighting in the country.

June

 * 10 June – Doe v. Chiquita Brands International: After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments.
 * 10 June – One person is killed and 20 others are injured after a cable car plunges into a sidewalk next to a station platform in Medellin.
 * 29 June – The FARC-splinter group Segunda Marquetalia agrees to a "unilateral ceasefire" and the release of its captives following negotiations with the Colombian government held in Venezuela.

July

 * 1 July – Larry Álvarez, a cofounder of the transnational crime group Tren de Aragua based in Venezuela, is arrested by police in Circasia, Quindío.
 * 14 July:
 * Colombia loses 1-0 against Argentina at the 2024 Copa América final held in Miami.
 * Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún is arrested in Miami following an altercation related to the Colombian team's defeat to Argentina in the 2024 Copa América final.
 * 15 July – Clifton Suspension Bridge human remains discovery: Colombian Yostin Andres Mosquera is charged with the murders of two gay men and remanded in custody by Wimbledon Magistrates Court in London, United Kingdom.
 * 16 July – The government ends its ceasefire agreement with dissident FARC factions, citing splits within the group.

Scheduled events

 * 31 August – 22 September – 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Art and entertainment

 * List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
 * List of 2024 box office number-one films in Colombia

Holidays
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 * January 1: New Year's Day
 * January 8: Three Kings Day
 * March 24: Palm Sunday
 * March 25: Saint Joseph's Day
 * March 28: Holy Thursday
 * March 29: Good Friday
 * March 31: Easter Sunday
 * May 1: Labor Day
 * May 13: Ascension Day
 * June 3: Feast of Corpus Christi
 * June 10: Sacred Heart
 * July 1: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
 * July 20: Independence Day
 * August 7: Battle of Boyacá
 * August 19: Assumption Day
 * October 14: Columbus Day
 * November 4: All Saints' Day
 * November 11: Independence of Cartagena
 * December 8: Day of Immaculate Conception
 * December 25: Christmas Day

Deaths

 * January 2: Juan Carlos Henao Pérez, 64, jurist (Colombian peace agreement) and academic, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010) and rector of Universidad Externado (2012–2021).
 * January 11: Efraín Antonio Ríos, 113, supercentenarian.
 * January 19: Mario E. Dorsonville, 63, Colombian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Washington (2015–2023) and bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (since 2023).
 * January 20: Piedad Córdoba, 68, politician, MP (1992–2010).
 * February 19: Rodrigo Pardo García-Peña, 65, Colombian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1994–1996).
 * March 24 José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.