150 displaced farmers receive land in northern Colombia

More than 150 displaced farmers received land titles in the north of Colombia Monday in an official ceremony presided by President Juan Manuel Santos.

Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture estimates that 350,000 families will be entitled to claimed back around five million acres of land under the new law. In order to have the rights to stolen land returned, claimants will have to prove they will use it for something useful, such as farming.

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