Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries

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Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries (www.bbc.com)

So. Sort of like when Coke paid cartel/mobsters to murder union leaders in Mexico?

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>A court in the United States has found multinational fruit company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The group, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), was designated by the US as a terrorist organisation at the time. Following a civil case brought by eight Colombian families whose relatives were killed by the AUC, Chiquita has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) in damages to the families.

So. Sort of like when Coke paid cartel/mobsters to murder union leaders in Mexico? Archive: https://archive.today/yo1Bb From the post: >>A court in the United States has found multinational fruit company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The group, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), was designated by the US as a terrorist organisation at the time. Following a civil case brought by eight Colombian families whose relatives were killed by the AUC, Chiquita has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) in damages to the families.