Drugs and (Dis)order Forced Eradication Incidents in Colombia, 2016-2020

Collection of press reporting and videos on confrontations between state forces and rural populations that occurred during forced manual eradication of illicit crops in Colombia. It is based on a database created by the Observatory for the Restitution and Regulation of Agrarian Property Rights in Colombia, and continues to be updated as new events are registered. This version of the database contains 107 incidents registered between November 2016 and July 2020. The collection of videos contains 40 videos of forced eradication carried out by the Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) and/or the Armed Forces. Most videos were recorded by peasants for use in formal complaints against the perpetrators, between February 2017 and July 2020.