Around 15 March 2025 (as reported), in the rural area of Aipe municipality (Huila), a coffee farmer was killed and his body was found with seven gunshot wounds between the San Miguel and Santa Rita veredas. A note was found next to the victim's body, suspectedly signed by the Ismael Ruiz FARC dissident front, claiming responsibility for the killing. The motivation for the attack is unknown. 1 fatality.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 15, 2025, a coffee farmer was killed by an armed group presumed to be remnant FARC rebels in the Aipe region of Huila Department, Colombia. This represents a high-risk violent incident in a major Colombian coffee-producing region, posing direct threats to agricultural production activities and regional stability.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Coffee production disruption: Huila Department is one of Colombia's major coffee-producing regions, and violence targeting farmers acts as a factor causing local coffee cultivation activity to contract and production volumes to decrease
• Agricultural workforce exodus: Increased possibility of farmers migrating to other regions or abandoning agriculture due to persistent security instability
• Transportation security risks: Concerns over disruptions to harvest transportation and agricultural input supply chains due to deteriorating rural security
• Investment contraction: Potential decrease in investment in coffee processing facilities and agricultural infrastructure due to worsening regional stability

3) Watch points

• Whether additional violent incidents occur in Huila Department and neighboring coffee-producing regions, and the scale of agricultural activity suspension
• Colombian government security reinforcement measures for the affected region and trends in implementation of farmer protection programs
• Local coffee purchase price fluctuations and international coffee futures market reaction trends