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Oil War Photos


An oil well in the Colombian Amazon belonging
to Canada-based Petrobank.
Photo: Garry Leech


Oil storage tanks at the Ecopetrol facility
in Orito, Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech


Specially trained Colombian troops responsible
for protecting Putumayo's oil infrastructure.
Photo: Garry Leech


An explosive sniffing dog with the Colombian
Army's oil infrastructure battalion in Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech

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A tanker truck crosses a bridge alongside
an oil pipeline in Putumayo.
Photo: Garry Leech

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An oil pipeline carrying oil from Texas-based Argosy
Energy's wells in Putumayo passes by a coca field.

Photo: Garry Leech
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A patched section of an oil pipeline in Putumayo
that had been damaged by a FARC attack.

Photo: Garry Leech

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A campesino stands in front of an oil spill on his farm
that was caused by a FARC pipeline attack.

Photo: Garry Leech

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Leftist guerrillas attack Colombia's oil infrastructure
to protest resource exploitation by foreign companies.
Photo: Garry Leech

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A water well used by campesinos in Putumayo
is situated next to an often-attacked oil pipeline.
Photo: Garry Leechech

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