Ecuador: In Ecuador, a Pipeline Cuts a Trail of Misery through Indigenous Land

Aug 9, 2018 | José María León Cabrera, Mongabay
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Amerisur has operated in Colombia since 2003, and one of the oil fields that it works, Platanillo, is located in the department of Putumayo, across the border from Ecuador. The Platanillo oil field has a long history of armed conflict. Amerisur initially used tanker trucks to move crude oil from Platanillo to pumping facilities in the Colombian municipalities of Mocoa and Neiva, according to María Espinosa, a human rights defender and legal adviser to the Siona community.