The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has released a new country report on Far-Right Hate and Extremist Groups in Colombia. This is the latest in GPAHE’s ongoing series documenting the growth and transnational nature of far-right extremist movements. The report documents how extremist networks rooted in racism, antisemitism, authoritarianism, and other forms of bigotry threaten human rights and democracy. It traces Colombia’s long history of discrimination and intolerance—from colonial racial hierarchies to 20th-century fascist sympathies—and documents today’s active neo-Nazi, white nationalist, and anti-immigrant groups, many with ties to extremist movements in the U.S., Spain, and Mexico.
GPAHE’s new report details how extremist groups have entrenched themselves in Colombia’s major cities, including Bogotá and Medellín, targeting Afro-Colombians, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ communities, Venezuelan migrants, and the Jewish community. Groups such as Active Club Bogotá, Batallón Cóndor 88, Bloque Nacionalista 4/11, Tercera Fuerza, and Comando Radical Nacionalista are identified for their violent rhetoric, hate propaganda, and, in some cases, physical attacks. These group’s use online platforms and social media to coordinate activities, spread conspiracy theories and hate propaganda, and link with like-minded extremists abroad.
“Colombia’s far-right extremists are not only targeting vulnerable communities at home, they are positioning the country as a focal point for a transnational network of hate,” warned Wendy Vía, co-founder of GPAHE. “If left unchecked, they will continue to undermine democratic institutions and fuel cycles of violence inside the country and that extend far beyond Colombia’s borders.”
The report also examines the historical and social context that has allowed such groups to persist and in some occasions thrive. From the Spanish colonial casta system to the bloody mid-20th century period known as La Violencia, Colombia’s legacy of inequality and political violence has created fertile ground for extremist ideologies. Modern far-right groups have exploited fears over crime, immigration, and social change, importing white supremacist and antisemitic narratives from Europe and the United States while adapting them to Colombian realities.
“These groups are not relics of a violent past, they are active, organized, and increasingly connected to global hate networks,” said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of GPAHE. “They fuel fear and division, target vulnerable communities, and connect Colombia to the wider global network of far-right extremism. Ignoring them risks further normalizing hate in an already violent political climate.”
The report warns that Colombian extremists are increasingly networking with global counterparts, amplifying their messages through coordinated propaganda campaigns. It serves as a wake-up call to Colombian authorities and international observers about the urgent need to confront and counter far-right extremist networks.
Read the full report here.
