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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...

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,...

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