Explosive Attacks Halt Two Oil Pipelines in Colombia, Military Blames ELN
(Reuters) — Two oil pipelines in rural northeastern Colombia were forced to suspend pumping after they were attacked with explosives, oil transport firm Cenit said on Thursday, while the military blamed the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the strikes.
No deaths or injuries were reported.
Cenit, a subsidiary of state oil firm Ecopetrol, said the attacks had targeted its Bicentenario and Cano Limon-Covenas pipelines.
The Bicentenario line was attacked on Wednesday in the rural town of Fortul, Cenit said, while Cano Limon-Covenas was hit in a fresh attack in Saravena, both in the department of Arauca.
A section of Cano Limon-Covenas had already been paralyzed for several weeks already due to prior explosive attacks.
Colombia's military has blamed the attacks on guerrillas tied to the ELN, Colombia's largest active rebel group.
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