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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 08:19 PM
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Colombia: Land theft put at 7m hectares
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Source: BBC News

29 May 2011 Last updated at 18:11 ET
Colombia: Land theft put at 7m hectares

The Colombian government says almost seven million hectares of land has been stolen by armed groups involved in the country's civil conflict over the past 25 years.

Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said hundreds of thousands of families were driven from their land.

He said paramilitaries, rebels and drug dealers had used violence and fraud to take the land.

Colombia this week passed a law which aims to return the land to its owners.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13591860
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