ACSN Requests Peace Dialogues

The ACSN requests to be included in Petro’s Total Peace policy.

The group accept a 6-month bilateral ceasefire agreement with the government in January 2023.

ACSN Ceases Military Operations

As the Petro administration announces the initiation of “socio-legal conversations” with armed groups with no political recognition, the ACSN announces a cessation of military operations.

ACSN suspends temporarily dialogue with the Colombian government

ACSN announces the temporary suspension of dialogue talks with the government after confrontations between the Armed Forces and members of the armed group. ACSN claimed it had been an umprovoked attack by the army. They demanded the suspension of all arrest warrants against their members and called for the mediation of the UN Verification Mission, the MAP/OAS Mission, the Ombudsman’s Office, and the Catholic Church at the dialogue table.

ACSN Proposes Dialogue Meetings

The ACSN sent a letter proposing two dialogue tables:

1 July: in La Picota prison, Bogotá, with their commander alias ‘Muñeca’

8 July: in the Sierra Nevada, with their central command

They reiterated their unilateral ceasefire and asked for the temporary lifting of arrest warrants and permission for movement within ACSN-controlled areas to facilitate these talks.

Escalating conflict between the ACSN and the Clan del Golfo (AGC)

In Magdalena, Colombia, an escalating conflict between the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN) and the Clan del Golfo has led to a significant surge in homicides, with 2024 marking the region’s highest rate in a decade. This war, stemming from a 2018 dispute over cocaine trafficking, has broadened into a struggle for territorial control and ‘armed governance’.