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Bogotá, Colombia – The Colombian national parks agency announced the temporary closure of the Tayrona National Park on Tuesday, February 17, citing threats against park staff by armed groups.
Tayrona, located on the country’s northern Caribbean coast, is one of the country’s most visited national parks, attracting as many as 750,000 visitors from around the world each year.
The closure comes amid a war between two criminal organizations fighting to control territory and strategic drug trafficking routes in the region.
“The National Government…
