Colombian oil pipeline attacked

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Attackers dynamited Colombia's largest oil pipeline, causing a spill and forcing the brief evacuation of 280 people, officials said Monday.

The Central Colombian Pipeline, known by its Spanish acronym Ocensa, had to be shut down after the attack Sunday near Aguazul, 100 miles northeast of Bogota, the company said. It was still closed early Monday.

It was the second attack this year on the line, which is run by BP Amoco and Colombia's state-run oil company.

Officials did not say who might have been responsible. But the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army have frequently attacked Cano Limon, the country's second-largest pipeline.

The leftist rebels are waging a 38-year civil war against the government and illegal right-wing militias.