What happened

A bombing damaged the Caño Limón–Coveñas crude pipeline in Saravena municipality and caused an oil spill, prolonging a pumping suspension that had been in place since 14 April because of earlier attacks. Operator Cenit activated its contingency plan and said repairs and restart depended on the military securing the area. Reuters described it as the ninth attack on the pipeline in 2023 by 20 April, after 13 attacks during 2022, illustrating the unusually persistent campaign against this export route. Colombian authorities attributed the attack to the ELN, which has a long history of targeting the line. No casualties, spill volume, lost-throughput figure or restoration date was published. This is a separate representative event from the pipeline's 13 July 2025 bombing already mapped.

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