Complex sentence: Other exacerbating circumstances were the Colombian Congress' criticism of scientific and civil defense agencies for scaremongering, and that the government and army were preoccupied with the guerrilla campaign in Bogotá, the national capital, which was then at its height.
Split into simpler sentences: Other exacerbating circumstances were the Colombian Congress' criticism of scientific and civil defense agencies for scaremongering. The government and army were preoccupied with the guerrilla campaign in Bogotá, the national capital, which was then at its height.