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Abelardo De La Espriella reported that, in Yarumal, Antioquia, the National Army killed in combat two people identified as members of the Gulf Clan and seized a rifle and a pistol. In Mitú, Vaupés, five members of the Armando Ríos structure were captured and 1,058 kilos of marijuana, two boats, and an engine were confiscated, he noted. He also indicated that the Police seized 611.8 kilos of cocaine in Ibagué that were being transported in a truck and captured one person. In Puerto Asís and Puerto Santander, he added, two illegal fuel refining infrastructures were destroyed, and 43,453 gallons were either disabled or destroyed. De La Espriella said that the balance of the last 24 hours was 29 captures and that, since August 7, there had been 32,503 captures, 129,526 kilos of drugs seized, and 3,456 firearms taken out of circulation. He stated that his order had been to pursue criminals and disrupt the economies that sustained them. He closed with patriotic and religious slogans. #Narcoterrorismo #Justicia #SeguridadCiudadana (translated)

The author stated that the manufacturing industry and construction grew in August. According to him, the Industrial Production Index for Manufacturing (IPI) increased by 1.9% month-on-month in the seasonally adjusted series, and six of its nine categories recorded increases. He highlighted the increases in other equipment, devices, and instruments (+9.8%); furniture and other manufacturing industries (+4.3%); petroleum refining, chemicals, rubber, and plastics (+3.6%); and motor vehicles and other transportation equipment (+2.4%). He also pointed out that the industry accumulated a decline of 2.7% in the first eight months of 2026, a period that included July, when, as he wrote, a combination of transitory shocks broadly affected activity. Regarding construction, he indicated that the ISAC rose by 0.4% month-on-month in August and accumulated a growth of 0.8% in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in 2025. #Industria #Construcción #CrecimientoEconómico (translated)

El artículo analiza cómo el aumento en los precios de la gasolina y el diésel se debe principalmente al encarecimiento de la refinación, impulsado por bloqueos en el estrecho de Ormuz y ataques a refinerías rusas, que han llevado a un auge en los beneficios de las refinerías debido a la disminución de exportaciones de productos refinados. #Energía #Gasolina #Refinación

Ucrania ha afirmado haber eliminado casi el 43% de la capacidad de refinación de petróleo de Rusia a través de ataques de largo alcance, lo que ha provocado pérdidas económicas significativas para Moscú y ha paralizado varias refinerías, mientras que el presidente Zelenski ha confirmado nuevos ataques contra infraestructuras petroleras en San Petersburgo y Kronstadt. #Ucrania #Rusia #Petróleo

El presidente ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski, ha confirmado un ataque a la refinería de petróleo en Sizran, Rusia, a lo que el Kremlin respondió negando que tales acciones afecten el suministro de combustible, a pesar de que se reporta una disminución en la capacidad de refinación en el país. #Ucrania #Zelenski #Rusia