On August 27, 2024, the department of Arauca in Colombia, located on the border with Venezuela, experienced a day of extreme violence. Five attacks were reported against oil infrastructure, and an armed assault with grenades was launched against a police command in...
Violence in Arauca: Five Pipeline Attacks and Assault on Police Command
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