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Alejandra Segura is one of eight women deminers in Colombia.

Meet the woman helping clear Colombia of its deadly land mines

July 7, 2017Conflict

Alejandra Segura is one of the eight women deminers working to clear Colombia of deadly explosives — a gargantuan task that the country’s president has promised to finish in the next four years.

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