Armed groups exercise control that sometimes limits access to food in areas already at risk of violence. 47,013 people stopped moving freely through their territories due to intimidation by groups outside the law.
Insecurity due to armed confrontations, curfews imposed by illegal organizations or the veto to travel in certain areas or times. The most critical situation is in Chocó, one of the poorest in the country, which concentrated 44% of the confined population, with 20,720 victims. The risk of hunger impacts 43% of households that are victims of a violent event, compared to 23% of those that are far from the conflict, says the World Food Programme, according to the ICRC. The departments hardest hit by mobility restrictions are those of the Colombian Pacific, caught in the dispute for the control of drug trafficking routes and other illicit income such as illegal mining, as well as large areas with high levels of poverty. The ICRC identifies departments with at least 30% of their households or more at moderate or severe risk of food insecurity, with the exception of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.