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News Oct 4, 2013 Guerrillas attack Colombia oil pipelines near Venezuela borderposted by Taran Volckhausen <http://tea-vision.tumblr.com/> [image: Guerrillas attack Colombia oil pipelines near Venezuela border]<http://colombiareports.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/oil_spill.jpg> [image: Share Button] <http://www.hupso.com/share/> <http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=twitter&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/><http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=facebook&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/><http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=googleplus&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/><http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=linkedin&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/><http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=stumbleupon&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/><http://www.hupso.com/share/add.php?service=reddit&title=Guerrillas%20attack%20Colombia%20oil%20pipelines%20near%20Venezuela%20border&url=http://colombiareports.co/guerrillas-attack-oil-pipelines-colombia-near-venezuelan-border/> A local mayor has asked for help from the military to stop oil spilling from two stretches of pipeline allegedly bombed by Colombia’s second-largest rebel group ELN <http://colombiareports.co/eln/>. The two attacks on the joint Colombian-U.S. owned Caño Limon-Coveñas pipeline, producing spills of crude oil, took place in the rural municipality of Toledo in Norte de Santander department, near the Venezuelan border. Newspaper El Colombiano reported that explosives were detonated at 8PM on Thursday, and then at 7:30AM on Friday. The Toledo Mayor, John Triana, told Caracol Radio that the local government was organizing an environmental response to prevent oil from spilling into local rivers and affecting the drinking water supply. “We have activated contingency plans with Ecopetrol, the Office of Risk Management and the authorities in the affected zones to avoid any more damage caused by the petroleum,” said Triana. He asked military authorities in the area to accompany crews while they repair the damaged stretches of pipeline. The Caño Limon-Coveñas Pipeline had been attacked 27 times this year alone, according to Caracol Radio. Toledo, Norte de Santander Sources - Dos Nuevos Atentados Contra Oleoducto Caño Limón – Coveñas<http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/regional/dos-nuevos-atentados-contra-oleoducto-cano-limon--covenas/20131004/nota/1988356.aspx> (Caracol Radio) - Atentan Contra El Oleoducto Caño Limón Coveñas<http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/A/atentan_contra_el_oleoducto_cano_limon_covenas/atentan_contra_el_oleoducto_cano_limon_covenas.asp> (ElColombiano) - As another round of peace talks between FARC rebels and the Colombian government gets underway in Havana, the guerrilla group’s negotiating team told the press that there has been “modest progress”<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24392192> made at the negotiating table. The rebels say they have made preliminary agreements on a range of issues, in a document spanning some 25 pages. Semana<http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/antonio-caballero-entrevista-pablo-catatumbo-ivan-marquez/359523-3> reports that on Monday, Colombian television aired the first-ever interview with FARC negotiators Ivan Marquez and Pablo Catatumbo that the rebels granted to a Colombian news network. In it, the two voiced sharp criticism of former President Alvaro Uribe, who Marquez blasted for “being incapable of winning the war and now not wanting to make peace.” - El Colombiano<http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/G/general_santoyo_tendra_que_responder_por_desaparicion_de_dos_defensores_de_victimas/general_santoyo_tendra_que_responder_por_desaparicion_de_dos_defensores_de_victimas.asp> and the AP<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/10/03/world/americas/ap-lt-colombia-former-uribe-aide.html?ref=world> report that Uribe’s former police general Mauricio Santoyo, who is imprisoned in the U.S. for links to paramilitary groups, will be investigated for links to the forced disappearance of two human rights activists in Medellin in October 2000. - From Pan American Post
