Colombia's land thieves going unpunished: land restitution chief
by Stephen Gill July 23, 2018
Colombia must punish those who teamed up with paramilitary death squads to steal land during the countrys armed conflict, according to the outgoing-director of the Land Restitution Unit.
While the Land Restitution Unit continues to make progress, already having returned some 300,000 of land that that were stolen during the armed conflict to the rightful owner, Ricardo Sabogal insists that what is lacking is criminal prosecution of those responsible.
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With the temporary legalization of paramilitary groups in 1994, approximately 8 million hectares, an area the size of Costa Rica, have been stolen and sold, leaving millions of small farmers displaced and without land to return to.
The phenomenon has been so enormous, it has become one of the significant reasons why more than half of the countrys national territory is private property of, according to the UN, only 1% of the population.
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