Dozens of police and oil firm staff have been taken hostage after a violent protest in Colombia on Thursday.
Violence broke out in a rural a part of the municipality of San Vicente del Caguan, the place an oil subject belonging to the Emerald Vitality firm was attacked by protesters from rural and indigenous communities, the Colombian Nationwide Police stated.
Protesters blocked entry to the oilfield to demand that the corporate assist restore roads within the space.
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