A Colombian congressman, Alerio Uribe Munoz, stated that the Colombian Congress may pass a law banning Colombian citizens from being sent as mercenaries to participate in armed conflicts abroad. Uribe said, “There is no deadline, but I hope the bill will be passed soon and approved in August.” The bill to join the Mercenary Ban Agreement has been approved by the Senate and the House committee. Uribe sees “no significant difficulties in its approval” in a general session, as the majority seeks to pass it as soon as possible.

Colombia has “more than 15,000 people who participated in international conflicts, employed by security companies sending soldiers to international armed conflicts.” According to him, this happened in Iraq and also in Haiti, where “the mercenaries had no idea about the operation’s goal that led to the assassination of the Haitian president.” Earlier in August, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced he requested Congress to urgently consider a bill banning mercenaries.