The total incident count was down to 34 but guerrilla-initiated incidents (by our methodology) were up by 3, continuing the recent trend.
The end of the unilateral cease fire from the Farc has put oil infrastructure back in the cross hairs of the guerrilla, with disastrous consequences for operators in the south of Colombia, in particular in Putumayo.
In light of the recent escalation of violence, Senator Alvaro Uribe has presented a proposal to be considered in the dialogue that would allow the guerrilla group to keep arms and reduce their penalties. The former president issued documents stating all of his proposals to the peace negotiators in Havana.
A mix of social organizations, municipal governments, the departmental government and control entities such as the Regional Controller met in Puerto Asís and signed a regional peace agreement in light of the human rights violations which have taken place in the conflict-ridden department of Putumayo.
The legal representative of a transportation contractor has been arrested as the intellectual author of the murder of Edith del Consuelo Santos Jiménez, in a case that displays the dark side of how some local companies are awarded contracts.
The total incident count was only up by one to 39 but that was guerrilla-initiated by our methodology so the pressure from the insurgents keeps up.
The USO released a statement denouncing the recent violence between the Farc and the Colombian army and called for an immediate bilateral truce
President Jose Manuel Santos criticized Farc attacks and drained tankers in Putumayo, which provoked one of the largest public rejections of the guerrilla this year. Santos said these acts do not make sense and the guerrilla never will win the respect of the Colombians.
The flare in violence following the end of the Farc’s supposed unilateral cease fire has put pipelines and oil infrastructure back in the crosshairs of guerrilla groups. It could not come at a worse time for Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) which will see its costs rise and production fall as a result.
A series of attacks and drained tankers in Putumayo from the Farc has evoked widespread outcry from authorities, as the local community and ecosystem deals with yet again with a long lasting environmental impact.
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