# Colombia travel advisory: Level 3: Reconsider Travel

> Official levels only. Not travel or medical advice. The advisory may assign different levels to regions inside the destination.

- State Department level: Level 3: Reconsider Travel
- Advisory date: 2025-04-17
- Source note: Updated information on civil unrest and kidnapping.
- CDC travel health notices naming this destination: 1
- Observed level changes recorded by CiteFacts: 0
- Retrieved: 2026-09-10T23:03:54+00:00

## State Department summary

Violent crime, like murder, assault, and robbery, is common in many areas in Colombia. In some places, organized crime is rampant. This includes extortion, robbery, and kidnapping.

## CDC travel health notices

- [Level 2 - Yellow Fever in Colombia](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/yellow-fever-colombia) — Level 2: Alert: Practice Enhanced Precautions — CDC date: 2025-09-02

## Observed level history

- 2026-09-10T23:02:54+00:00 — Level 3: Reconsider Travel — baseline

## Sources and formats

- [Official State Department advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/colombia-travel-advisory.html)
- [State Department advisory feed](https://travel.state.gov/_res/rss/TAsTWs.xml)
- [CDC travel notice feed](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/rss/notices.xml)
- [Canonical HTML](https://citefacts.com/travel/colombia)
- [JSON record](https://citefacts.com/travel/colombia.json)