Chiquita Executives Must Face Claims Over Colombian Torture

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Chiquita Executives Must Face Claims Over Colombian Torture

David Voreacos
June 2, 2016 — 4:08 PM EDT

Executives at Chiquita Brands International Inc., the banana label owner that pleaded guilty in 2007 to making payments to Colombian paramilitary groups, must face U.S. lawsuits claiming they played a role in torture, a judge ruled.

Relatives of Colombian victims can pursue claims under the Torture Victim Protection Act, a judge ruled in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida. The plaintiffs claim Chiquita paid $1.7 million from 1995 to 2004 to the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, which murdered supporters of anti-government guerilla groups.

Source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-02/chiquita-executives-must-face-claims-over-colombian-torture

[WhiteTara]

1. It's too late for criminal, I think.

But it will be good if they have to sit there and listen the ruin they caused in so many families.

[ellie]

2. Good.

[gratuitous]

3. What? Torture isn't just a cost of doing business?

Where's Kissinger when Chiquita needs him? Nobody to carry on the legacy of John Foster Dulles. What is the world coming to when a multinational corporation has to answer to peasants?