Colombia suspends land distribution as corruption scandal grows
Colombia has suspended the distribution of land plots destined for farmers and victims of...
Colombia has suspended the distribution of land plots destined for farmers and victims of...
Corrupt government officials been systematically and illegally granting land to criminals and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...