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Santos grants former FARC land to 342 families
http://www.colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/28256-santos-grants-former-farc-land-to-342-families.html..Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday granted titles to land once owned by deceased leaders of the rebel group FARC to 342 peasant families in the south of the country.
The President announced that over 247,000 acres of land in the area around San Vicente del Caguan in the southern department of Caqueta will be granted to 342 families.
"In this specific case with 'Mono Jojoy' nearly 130 thousand hectares [321,237 acres] of land that we identified was in the hands of front men for 'Mono Jojoy', front men that will see justice, and we are recuperating these lands to eventually hand them over to the peasants [small farmers]," said Santos to a group in San Vicente del Caguan.
The recuperation of these lands was apparently brought to head when investigators found files on the computer of the fallen FARC second in command that had the names of front men he used to hide his land holdings.
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Be advised, the chavista contingent does not believe that the FARC use lap tops. If you are among those, you may find the story false given the 4th paragraph above.
