Guerillas Blow Up Oil Pipeline in Colombia

Guerillas Blow Up Oil Pipeline in Colombia

The Bicentenario crude oil pipeline in Colombia has been shut down following an explosion that state oil company Ecopetrol said was caused by a guerrilla attack. Per a Reuters report citing the company, the Bicentenario pipeline was hit by the National Liberation Army. Reuters notes the NLA is the largest guerrilla organization in Colombia and is considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union. Guerilla groups have recen…

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This is due to an attack with explosives originating from rural areas, which the Armed Forces have attributed to the National Liberation Army, ELN.

The Bicentenario oil pipeline, one of Colombia's most important, was shut down after an explosives attack, Cenit, a subsidiary of state oil company Ecopetrol, announced on Thursday. The attack occurred in a rural area of the municipality of Fortul, in the department of Arauca, in the northeast of the country. According to authorities, there were no human casualties or injuries. The military attributed responsibility to the National Liberation Ar…