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A large explosion in the Macarena neighborhood where protests against bullfighting have been taking place for weeks reportedly killed one police officer and wounded dozens more people in the area.

“Crime has reached alarming levels in many countries,” said Ana María Rodríguez of the IDB.

Ecopetrol did not identify who attacked the pipeline, but a Reuters reports states that military sources believe ELN guerrillas were responsible.

With 24.4 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016, Colombia reached a level not seen in more than four decades.

The terrorist actions in recent months against the infrastructure of Ecopetrol, has been compounded by another recent menace: theft of copper cables that supply electrical power to oil wells. So far in 2015, Ecopetrol has reported 393 thefts of copper wire in three production...

Colombia’s homicide level of 12,800 nationally, is the lowest since 1984, according to reports, while the more meaningful rate of homicides per 100,000 residents dipped under 30 per 100,000; a rate not seen since the 1970s. According to El Tiempo, this rate is still higher...