The present study analyzes historical transformations over the landscape, caused by armed confrontations between the government, the guerilla and paramilitary groups, based on three specific dynamics: Forced displacement, territorial control and zoning of conflict. The study was directed to the southern sector of the special handling area of La Macarena, Distrito de Manejo Integrado Sur de La Macarena . To this end, secondary historical information such as satellite images from the years 1986, 1991, 2002, 2008, and 2016 was used, as well as conflict intensity data, forced displacement events, and actors territorial control. These years were selected since they represent high points in the three war dynamics mentioned. Results are based in simple lineal correlations among land cover transformations, war dynamics, and landscape metrics, showing the complexity of the transformation process in the patchwork. This, enhanced with a qualitative analysis based on ethnographic data, makes the political ecology of La Macarena to become more complex and demonstrate the relationship between the territorial nature of war and its environmental effects.