Colombia: Federal Court Rejects Chiquita's Effort To Dismiss Human Rights Class-Action Suit

Colombia: Federal Court Rejects Chiquita's Effort To Dismiss Human Rights Class-Action Suit   Lawsuit alleging complicity in financing and arming Colombian paramilitary terrorist groups will continue   A human rights lawsuit brought by Colombian families against banana company Chiquita Brands International for allegedly funding and arming known terrorist organizations in Colombia may continue in U.S. federal court, a judge decided today.   In 2007, after Chiquita pled guilty to federal...

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