Paro armado y violencia dejan al menos 28 incidentes y afectan al transporte de carga en ocho departamentos
Periodista Portafolio19.12.2025 16:53 Actualizado: 19.12.2025 19:29
TL;DR
- Deteriorating public order in Colombia is driven by expanding illicit economies and armed groups, affecting productivity and mobility.
- The security situation directly impacts business freedom, operational costs, and investment decisions, according to the National Business Council's Security Observatory.
- Physical, legal, and digital security form a unified environment for economic risk management; its deterioration increases transaction costs and restricts investment.
- Insecurity manifests through homicides, kidnappings, threats, and extortion, creating fragile work environments and increasing operational costs.
- Extortion is a major pressure factor, altering financial planning and project execution for businesses of all sizes.
- Infrastructure damage, including blow-ups of roads and attacks on pipelines, disrupts goods and services flow, increasing costs and affecting supply chain reliability.
- Cybercrime growth increases risk for businesses, necessitating significant investments in cybersecurity and training.
- Illicit economies, particularly drug trafficking (record coca cultivation in 2023) and illegal mining, are structural factors affecting the business environment.
- Deforestation is increasing in regions with illicit economies and armed group control, linked to criminal financing.
- Armed groups like the Clan del Golfo and ELN are expanding their presence, engaging in threats, forced displacement, and illegal activities.
- The ELN's recent armed strike caused significant disruptions to national logistics, including blockades, attacks, and fear among transporters.
- The cargo transport and logistics sector has faced numerous road blockades and unprecedented insecurity from armed groups.
- The ELN's national armed strike impacted the country's logistics chain, resulting in explosive devices, vehicle damage, and fear.
- Business associations call on the government to regain control of the territory and guarantee the right to work and mobility.