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Article

6 Jun 2011

Author:
Pablo Ximénez de Sandoval, El País [España]

El hombre que humilló a Chevron [Ecuador]

[En 2005] el ecuatoriano…Fajardo…se sentó en una sala de los juzgados de Nueva York…[en] defensa de los pueblos indígenas…[de] la provincia amazónica de Sucumbíos….Según los datos de Fajardo, Texaco perforó 356 pozos de petróleo en la Amazonia ecuatoriana….[afectando] tribus indígenas… [Fajardo] puso en marcha el embrión de la resistencia, un comité de derechos humanos formado por campesinos e indígenas...Le echaron de la empresa petrolera…Estudió Derecho por correspondencia...[C]on la publicación de…Amazon Crude…[el caso] atrajo la atención necesaria para encontrar abogados que presentaran la primera demanda…[en] 1993…En 2004…[el] hermano de…[Fajardo], fue hallado muerto…"Yo no puedo afirmar que Chevron esté detrás", [dijo]…Fajardo…En…febrero [de 2011] se emitió la…sentencia en el tribunal de Lago Agrio que condenaba a Chevron-Texaco a pagar 8.560 millones de dólares. Pero la empresa no tiene bienes en Ecuador, por lo que hay que embargar en el extranjero…

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