A magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on 10 August has damaged several cemeteries containing the remains of victims of the country's decades-long armed conflict. The Unidad de Búsqueda (Colombia's official body tasked with finding the disappeared from the conflict) has so far recovered two sets of skeletal remains and nine bags of military clothing from the town of Roldanillo, with at least five other affected burial sites identified. The damage raises urgent concerns about the preservation of forensic evidence and the broader effort to provide answers to the families of tens of thousands of people who went missing during the conflict.