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Terror

OIL GIANT BP stands accused of profiting from a reign of terror by government paramilitaries in Colombia who drove farmers off their land during the construction of a 450-mile pipeline.

The development affected the water table, causing flooding in some areas and drought in others. Ponds and wells dried up and farmers were ruined.

Most of the farmers couldn’t read the contracts that they were signing and were intimidated by the paramilitaries into moving off their land.

They were offered a few hundred pounds in compensation Those who protested were threatened and the organiser of the protests was murdered.

The lawyer who is representing the farmers in a £15 million compensation claim against BP has discovered that she is on a paramilitary hit list.