The military will reinforce safety to patrol oil pipelines
The Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline, 770 kilometers lengthy, transports oil from the Arauca wells to Coveñas, Colombia’s port on the Caribbean Sea.
In line with Minister Velásquez, patrols will probably be intensified to forestall these actions that “not solely threaten the nation’s economic system, but in addition the surroundings.”
This yr there have already been 5 assaults on the Caño Limón-Coveñas, terrorist acts that depart financial losses and harm to the surroundings as a result of the crude oil contaminates water sources.
Though Cenit didn’t attribute the assault to any unlawful armed group, the pinnacle of the Military’s Process Power Quirón, Common Javier Africano, attributed it to Nationwide Liberation Military (ELN) guerrillas.