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A once disappeared town in Colombia has been re-discovered only to be raided by tomb raiders. Reports suggest that the bodies and belongings of former inhabitants of the rural town of Armero, which was buried by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in 1985, are now being stolen.

Ram贸n Campos is a journalist in Bogota. He told Newsday that the 鈥渇amilies of the people buried there鈥�are hurt鈥�people know that the dead have gold dental work for instance or that people bury their loved ones with jewellery and stuff that they can steal but most cemeteries are functional and have guards鈥�The problem is that the Armero cemetery, no-one鈥檚 guarding it and that鈥檚 why tomb raiders have identified it as鈥�an easy target.鈥�

(Picture: Remains of the destroyed houses of the Armero Town covered by trees and nature after 37 years of the tragedy caused by the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in 1985. Credit: Getty Images)