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Article

22 Feb 2007

Author:
Gerónimo Altamirano Hernández, Radio Sucre [Ecuador]

Ecuador demandó a empresa que fumiga cultivos de coca en Colombia

La empresa estadounidense Dyncorp [parte de Computer Sciences], que fue contratada por Colombia para realizar las fumigaciones aéreas de cultivos de coca, enfrenta tres demandas ecuatorianas en Estados Unidos por los daños causados en la frontera. Entre el pasado diciembre y enero, Ecuador presento las demandas ante la Corte Federal de Florida por 1 600 pobladores de la provincia de Sucumbíos, del gobierno local y habitantes de Esmeraldas, según explicó Rafael Jaque, de la Asociación Latinoamericana para los Derechos Humanos (Aldhu)...los demandantes...exigen indemnizaciones por los daños económicos, a la salud y el medio ambiente que han causado las aspersiones con el herbicida.

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Ecuador: Demandan a Dyncorp en EE.UU. por daños económicos, a la salud y el medio ambiente supuestamente causados por fumigaciones en la frontera con Colombia

DynCorp lawsuit (re Colombia & Ecuador)

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