500 oil workers in northeast Colombia sent home over ongoing rebel attacks
An estimated 500 oil workers from Colombia’s second largest oilfield, Caño Limon-Coveñas,...
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Army did not help us: Released ELN hostage
A kidnapped oil worker released by guerrillas Tuesday said the army did not help him or his fellow hostages despite being only 150 yards away from where they were being held. Javier Muñoz, one of a group of workers kidnapped by...
3 kidnapped oil workers freed after month in captivity
Three oil workers who were reportedly kidnapped last month in the northern Colombian department of Santander were released Thursday, Colombian media reported. Jose Antonio Diaz, Johan Rojas and Eduardo Albao had been in...
Violence escalates in Colombia oil worker protests
Escalating violence in central Colombia has left several police and workers injured as protests against oil company Pacific Rubiales spiral out of control. The president of the oil workers union USO, Rodolfo Vecino, told...
Search for kidnapped oil workers continues by ‘air, land and sea’
Colombian authorities are searching by land and air for the four Chinese oil workers who were allegedly kidnapped by the FARC in the south of the country, said police. Caqueta Police Commander Carlos Vargas said that the four...
