Tag: dosquebradas
Petro’s kill plot claims confirm Colombia’s failed security policy
An alleged plot to kill the frontrunner in Colombia’s election race highlighted the...
Ecopetrol to pay $3.6M to victims of pipeline explosion
Colombia’s state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, will pay $3.62 million to victims of a fatal pipeline explosion that left 33 dead, reported local media Monday. The December eruption was caused by the company’s...
Negligence caused fatal Ecopetrol explosion: Comptroller
The Colombian Comptroller General Roberto Hoyos Botero rules that negligence caused the fatal explosion of an Ecopetrol pipeline last December. 33 people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and many homes destroyed when...
Ecopetrol must take the blame for deadly explosion: Lawyer
A lawyer representing the relatives of 15 people who died in a pipeline explosion has formally accused Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol of criminal damage. According to Aberlardo de la Espriella, both the...
Central Colombia fuel blast toll rises to 13
Rescue workers in the central Colombian town of Dosquebradas said late Friday 13 people have been confirmed dead and 17 were in critical condition after the explosion of an oil pipeline caused a fireball and a blaze. The last...
