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Lawsuit

31 Aug 2018

Chiquita lawsuits (re payments to paramilitary groups, filed in Colombia)

Status: ONGOING

Date lawsuit was filed
31 Aug 2018
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Location of Filing: Colombia
Location of Incident: Colombia
Type of Litigation: Domestic

Companies

Chiquita United States of America Agriculture & livestock

Sources

Snapshot: Several lawsuits have been filed as a result of a 2007 admission by Chiquita that it made payments from 1997 to 2004 to a paramilitary organization that the US government had designated as a terrorist group. Chiquita paid a $25 million fine to the US government and many lawsuits by Colombian nationals are still ongoing in the US and Colombia. This case profile looks at proceedings in Colombia.

Proceedings in Colombia

On 31 August 2018, Colombia Prosecutor General's Office announced that it would prosecute 13 former Chiquita executives on charges of alleged financing of paramilitary groups in the north-western Uraba region between 1990 and 2004.

- Colombia charges 13 former Chiquita executives over hundreds of murders, Colombia Reports, 1 Sep 2018

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