Colombia suspends land distribution as corruption scandal grows
Colombia has suspended the distribution of land plots destined for farmers and victims of...
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Corrupt Colombian government officials granting land to criminals: Ministry
Corrupt government officials been systematically and illegally granting land to criminals and...
Army capture lawyer accused of helping AUC steal land
The Colombian army captured Thursday a wanted lawyer who allegedly helped right-wing paramilitaries strip land from inhabitants of the western department of Choco, according to local news sources. Mario Alberto Velez...
Wealthy farmers ‘exploit’ recipients of Colombia’s land restitution program
Farmland given to displaced farmers in northwest Colombia as part of the government’s Victim and Land Restitution Act, is actually under the control of three wealthy businessmen, local media reported Monday. According to...
Colombian govt to return over 3,000 acres to displaced families
The Colombian Rural Development Institute on Wednesday appropriated more than 3,000 acres of land in northern Colombia for formally displaced farmers, local media reports. After months of inspection and litigation, the Colombian...
Colombia investigates state officials for land theft
Colombian authorities opened an investigation Monday into land theft by officials of the country’s institute for rural development, who on Monday denounced what it called the “land cartel,” the practice of...
Land of poor farmers given to rich: Incoder
A Colombian institute for rural development (Incoder) denounced what it calls the “land cartel,” the practice of stealing the lands from the nation and giving it to the rich. According to Incoder’s written...
Colombian authorities to return 2.5K acres to victims
Nearly 2,500 acres of land in northern Colombia have been misappropriated, reported local media Thursday. Close to 2,500 acres of land in the northern province of Bolivar have been wrongly apportioned, concluded Colombia’s...
Clash between farmers and indigenous group injures 14
A confrontation between indigenous people and farmers in southwestern Colombia injured fourteen people, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. The clash occurred at midnight on Tuesday and was apparently the result of a dispute over...
Colombia’s land restitution director resigns
The director of the Colombian Rural Development Institute, the body in charge of restoring land to the country’s huge displaced population, resigned Tuesday. Juan Manuel Ospina allegedly left his post due to...
Govt to invest $223M in land restitution
The Colombian Institute of Rural Development (Incoder) will invest $222.8 million in the preparatory phase of the land restitution process, Caracol Radio reported Monday. According to the director of Incoder, Juan Manuel Ospina,...
Govt to return 1,500 acres of land to north Colombian displaced
Colombian government officials will return nearly 1,500 acres of land to 61 displaced peasant families in the Norte de Santander department on Wednesday, that was seized by paramilitaries, local media reported. President Juan...
