The key difference is that this land is not just being stolen, but also being given special legal status that exempts it from national laws. This is being done

The key difference is that this land is not just being stolen, but also being given special legal status that exempts it from national laws. This is being done in a country where the cartels have more power than the corporations, in an area that had a long history of being used by smugglers and drugs traffickers.