Recent shifts in Colombian leadership have driven trader consensus toward lower near-term probabilities of unilateral U.S. military action. Following the August 2026 election of a conservative president, Bogotá authorized joint counter-narcotics operations with U.S. forces under the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, including potential strikes on armed groups like the ELN. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly discussed this cooperation in mid-August, emphasizing intelligence sharing and coordinated targeting of drug networks. Earlier 2026 tensions under the prior administration—marked by U.S. boat strikes, sanctions rhetoric, and threats tied to cocaine flows—have given way to alliance-building, though traders still assign roughly one-third probability to a strike by year-end amid ongoing regional drug enforcement. Scheduled diplomatic and military coordination meetings could further clarify timelines.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if a US-initiated drone, missile, or air strike on the soil of Colombia is announced or credibly reported to have occurred by the listed date ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.Recent shifts in Colombian leadership have driven trader consensus toward lower near-term probabilities of unilateral U.S. military action. Following the August 2026 election of a conservative president, Bogotá authorized joint counter-narcotics operations with U.S. forces under the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, including potential strikes on armed groups like the ELN. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly discussed this cooperation in mid-August, emphasizing intelligence sharing and coordinated targeting of drug networks. Earlier 2026 tensions under the prior administration—marked by U.S. boat strikes, sanctions rhetoric, and threats tied to cocaine flows—have given way to alliance-building, though traders still assign roughly one-third probability to a strike by year-end amid ongoing regional drug enforcement. Scheduled diplomatic and military coordination meetings could further clarify timelines.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if a US-initiated drone, missile, or air strike on the soil of Colombia is announced or credibly reported to have occurred by the listed date ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.
Market Opened: Jan 4, 2026, 2:46 PM ET
Volume
$2,161,122End Date
Jan 31, 2026Market Opened
Jan 4, 2026, 2:46 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...This market will resolve to "Yes" if a US-initiated drone, missile, or air strike on the soil of Colombia is announced or credibly reported to have occurred by the listed date ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.Recent shifts in Colombian leadership have driven trader consensus toward lower near-term probabilities of unilateral U.S. military action. Following the August 2026 election of a conservative president, Bogotá authorized joint counter-narcotics operations with U.S. forces under the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, including potential strikes on armed groups like the ELN. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly discussed this cooperation in mid-August, emphasizing intelligence sharing and coordinated targeting of drug networks. Earlier 2026 tensions under the prior administration—marked by U.S. boat strikes, sanctions rhetoric, and threats tied to cocaine flows—have given way to alliance-building, though traders still assign roughly one-third probability to a strike by year-end amid ongoing regional drug enforcement. Scheduled diplomatic and military coordination meetings could further clarify timelines.
This market will resolve to "Yes" if a US-initiated drone, missile, or air strike on the soil of Colombia is announced or credibly reported to have occurred by the listed date ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including FPV and ATGM strikes as well as cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by any United States operatives, including military forces, intelligence agencies, or other U.S. government operatives, that physically impact ground territory within the listed country.
A strike on any area within the terrestrial territory (including rivers, lakes, ports, but excluding territorial sea) of the listed country counts.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, ground incursions, naval shelling, or cyberattacks will not qualify.
Any strike occurring during this market’s timeframe that is claimed by either Donald Trump or the U.S. government will qualify.
The primary resolution source will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will remain open until the end of the second day after the resolution time. If the date/time of a qualifying strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by that time, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.
Volume
$2,161,122End Date
Jan 31, 2026Market Opened
Jan 4, 2026, 2:46 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...Recent shifts in Colombian leadership have driven trader consensus toward lower near-term probabilities of unilateral U.S. military action. Following the August 2026 election of a conservative president, Bogotá authorized joint counter-narcotics operations with U.S. forces under the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, including potential strikes on armed groups like the ELN. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly discussed this cooperation in mid-August, emphasizing intelligence sharing and coordinated targeting of drug networks. Earlier 2026 tensions under the prior administration—marked by U.S. boat strikes, sanctions rhetoric, and threats tied to cocaine flows—have given way to alliance-building, though traders still assign roughly one-third probability to a strike by year-end amid ongoing regional drug enforcement. Scheduled diplomatic and military coordination meetings could further clarify timelines.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated
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