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‘If we see you again, we kill you’: how a Colombian wildlife hotspot turned into a death zone

International EN 24 Feb 2026, 15:00 Source: The Guardian

Armed groups and a state-owned refinery’s oil leaks have displaced Barrancabermeja’s fishing community and poisoned a paradise once full of manatees and jaguarsStanding on her wooden canoe, a machete in her hand, Yuly Velásquez hacks away at reeds matted with blackened sludge. Cl...

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