Exclusive: Investigation uncovers villagers’ claims of violence at farm that is single largest exporter of Kenyan produce to the world

Security guards at a Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya that supplies most British supermarkets have been accused of brutally assaulting and killing people suspected of trespassing on its land.

A joint investigation by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has uncovered claims from villagers of violence by guards at the plantation in the last four years.

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