Oil spill pollutes the Danta Iaku stream in the Inga Resguardo of Wasipungo

Ambiente y Sociedad reported on November 14, 2024, that the October 2 crude oil spill at the Costayaco 3 well, in Villagarzón, reached the Danta Iaku stream and affected the Inga Indigenous Reservation of Wasipungo and neighboring communities, for which the stream is a water source and an ancestral path. The reservation's authorities requested the intervention of the Office of the Delegate Attorney for Environmental Affairs, the Putumayo Regional Ombudsman's Office, and Corpoamazonia, which inspected the area on October 3. The article also notes that the company informed ANLA that the spill had allegedly been caused by third parties.