Chapter 455: Beautiful Ambush Battle_2

After growing in power, they directly occupied territories, started to extort local tycoons, and charged oil companies a "right-of-way fee" for pipelines passing through the area, which was essentially protection money.

Each year, foreign oil companies operating in Colombia had to pay a sum of money to the ELN militants, otherwise, their oil pipelines would soon run into trouble. Sending security personnel was futile; send them today, and their ashes would be scattered tomorrow.

It was also difficult for the government army to engage; the pipelines were numerous, passing through sparsely populated jungles or swamp areas. Deploying too few troops had no effect, and deploying more was too costly, it was more economical for the oil companies to just pay the ELN for peace.