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The Ecopetrol facility in Orito, Putumayo,
is
guarded by the National Police and the Army. Photo: Garry Leech
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Oil from a well behind a school in Orito, Putumayo
leaks into the ground. Photo: Garry
Leech
A fenced-in recreation center
solely for employees
of Ecopetrol and Petrobank in Orito, Putumayo. Photo: Garry
Leech
A shantytown across the street
from the oil
companies' recreation center in Orito, Putumayo. Photo: Garry Leech
Colombia's largest oil refinery in Barrancabermeja.
Paramilitaries routinely target leaders of the oil workers
union. Photo: Garry Leech
Paramilitaries profit from the contraband gasoline
that is pilfered from Colombia's oil refineries. Photo:
Garry Leech
In 2003, U.S. Army Special Forces were deployed to Arauca
to protect U.S. oil interests as part of the war on terror. Photo: Garry Leech
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier
teaches counterinsurgency
techniques to Colombian troops in Arauca responsible for
protecting the Cano-Limon oil pipeline, which is partly
owned
and operated by Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum. Photo: Garry Leech
.
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