As much as 50% of humanitarian demining projects have been suspended in Colombia due to the Trump administration's funding freeze in January, NGO and government officials said.
For decades, armed groups involved in Colombia's conflict have used landmines to strengthen their control of rural areas. While the 2016 peace deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) achieved a dramatic drop in mine deployment, the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has seen a resurgence in recent years among the country's armed actors.
