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Article

16 Nov 2007

Author:
BBC Mundo

Demanda civil contra Chiquita [EE.UU.]

La bananera...Chiquita enfrenta una demanda civil por supuestamente haber colaborado y financiado al grupo paramilitar colombiano Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). La acusación fue presentada el miércoles en la Corte Federal de Manhattan...a nombre de 393 víctimas y sus parientes y busca la indemnización con un total de US$7.860 millones...Jonathan Reiter, abogado representante de los familiares afirmó que las evidencias "implican a Chiquita en muchos actos que van más allá de pagar dinero a las AUC"...La demanda civil sostiene que "Chiquita estaba envuelta en una conspiración con las AUC para controlar la producción y distribución de bananas en Colombia"...Por su parte Chiquita niega "categóricamente"..."los alegatos..."...

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Chiquita sued for $7.86 billion in USA for involvement in killings by paramilitaries in Colombia

Chiquita lawsuits (re financing paramilitaries in Colombia, filed in the USA by Colombian nationals)

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