Incident Summary:

01/27/2020: Assailants set fire to a van transporting oil workers in Arauca, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Arauca on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).

GTD ID:
202001270013

When:
2020-01-27

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Arauca

City:
Unknown

Location Details:
The incident occurred between Arauca city and the Cano Limon oil field.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Not Applicable
Specific Description Oil Workers
Nationality of Target Colombia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Arson/Fire
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"How Colombia’s ELN guerrillas painfully confirmed authorities are powerless in northeast," Colombia Reports, January 27, 2020.