As Colombian citizens kidnapped 79 police officers and two people were killed in the ensuing clash, protests turned violent:

 As Colombian citizens kidnapped 79 police officers and two people were killed in the ensuing clash, protests turned violent:

The oil corporation Emerald Energy, a division of China's state-owned Sinochem, was surrounded by people of Colombia's southern Caquetá province. Together with numerous police officers, they also kidnapped nine oil field workers.

The demonstrators have asked for assistance in mending and constructing new roads in the region. During the roadblock, a police officer named Ricardo Monroy and a civilian perished. The killings were denounced by President Gustavo Petro in a post on Twitter.

We have a popular movement that, due to its marginalisation and the influence of organisations that seek to topple this administration and engulf Colombia in war, has resulted in murder. "Petro declared.

70 Hippos who dwell close to Pablo Escobar's abandoned ranch in Colombia are being proposed for transfer to India and Mexico.

 It is appropriate for the attorney general's office to look into the murders.

International officials are concerned that Brazil is allowing Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro.

Part of the San Vicente del Caguan municipality experienced violence when people of rural and Indigenous communities blocked the oil field's entrance and burnt fires. Police sources claim that both individuals died from gunshot wounds.

In San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia, on Thursday, police sit close to representatives from the country's human rights office while they converse with protesters.

On Thursday, in San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia, demonstrators who, according to the authorities, are members of rural and Indigenous communities, demanded that oil giant Emerald Energy develop roads spoke with representatives from the country's human rights ombudsman while police sat nearby. (Handout from the Colombian Ombudsman Office via Reuters)

He continued, stating, "I anticipate the offenders unilaterally freeing government officials before there is a new escalation of violence."