There are also reports that they are planting antipersonnel mines.

Armed groups have committed a range of abuses against civilians, including killings, disappearances, sexual violence, child recruitment, and forced displacement. Former FARC members who mobilized into a new armed group also operate in the area. In Catatumbo, in Northeastern Colombia, the National Liberation Army ( Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) and the Popular Liberation Army ( Ejército Popular de Liberación, EPL) have, since early 2018, engaged in a brutal fight for territory. Armed groups other than the FARC have also stepped into the breach, warring for control over land and engaging in illegal activities. Yet in practice, the government does not exercise effective control over all territory in particular areas reclaimed from the FARC, contributing to violence and abuse against civilians. The 2016 peace accord between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) presented a landmark opportunity to halt the serious abuses and atrocities associated with a decades-long armed conflict.

Colombian armed conflict summary