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Almost 17 million acres of land in Colombia were stolen by armed groups involved in the country’s civil conflict—government plans to return land to rightful owners in ‘gigantic’ task

by BBC News

The Colombian government says almost 7m hectares (17m acres) of land have been stolen by armed groups involved in the country’s civil conflict over the past 25 years.

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