Timeline
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Chiquita found guilty of funding Colombian paramilitary group - must pay $38.3 million
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USA: Banana giant Chiquita held liable for funding paramilitaries
A U.S. court has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay $38.3 million to Colombian families after finding the company liable for financing a paramilitary group responsible for their relatives' deaths.
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Chiquita plans to appeal US court verdict on Colombia killings
Chiquita Brands International plans to appeal a US federal court ruling ordering $38.3m in damages to families of Colombian paramilitary victims. The company maintains its payments to AUC were extortion, not collusion. Chiquita was previously fined $25m in 2007 for paying protection money to paramilitaries from 2001-2004.
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Jury verdict reached: Chiquita liable for murders of Colombian terror victims – must pay $38.3 million
"Six-week jury trial is the first of a series of bellwether trials in 16-year wrongful death lawsuit. In 2007, Chiquita pled guilty to a federal crime arising out of its payments to the terror group responsible for the murders."
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Federal Court Jury in West Palm Beach Rules Against Chiquita Brands International in Landmark Case
A federal court jury in West Palm Beach ruled against Chiquita Brands International, awarding $38.3 million to Plaintiffs in a landmark case regarding Chiquita's financial support of the violent Colombian paramilitary group AUC from 1996 to 2004.
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US jury finds Chiquita liable for financing Colombian paramilitary death squads
"After 17 years of litigation, a monumental win for victims of paramilitary violence in Colombia before a court in the United States."
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US trial against Chiquita accused of financing Colombian paramilitaries that killed thousands begins after >10 years
The trial against Chiquita follows more than a decade of litigation over illegal payments the banana giant made to Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, a militant group known to kidnap and kill civilians.
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US court orders banana company Chiquita Brands International to stand trial for allegedly financing paramilitary death squads in Colombia
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Appellate Court revives human rights case against Chiquita
"The decision overturns a lower court ruling and reinstates claims against Chiquita in a historic lawsuit over the company’s role in funding paramilitary groups in Colombia."
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11th Circuit revives lawsuits accusing Chiquita of funding Colombian terrorists
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed additional evidence to be admitted in a case involving Chiquita's alleged backing of a Colombian terrorist organisation, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). Family members of victims allegedly murdered by the group seek to hold the banana company liable for financing the AUC, as the families argue that the murders would not have occurred without such support. The Court partially overturned the verdict of the lower court, which had excluded expert testimony and circumstantial evidence.
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USA: Florida federal Judge dismisses several claims alleging Chiquita funded a paramilitary group in Colombia
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12 organisations sign amicus brief asking US Supreme Court to protect victims' identities in Chiquita lawsuit re payments to Colombia paramilitaries
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Decision which revoke privacy protections in Carrizosa v. Chiquita Brands International, Inc., in U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial by 200 Colombian Plaintiffs in Jane Doe 8 et al. v. Chiquita Brands International, Inc in New Jersey District Court
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200 Colombians file US lawsuit against Chiquita seeking redress for family members allegedly murdered by paramilitary death squads
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Colombia: Abogado de víctimas de Chiquita espera que haya justicia en Colombia y que el caso prosiga en los Estados Unidos
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7 accusing Chiquita of complicity in deaths of relatives through payments to Colombian paramilitaries are voluntarily dismissed from US lawsuit
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Chiquita response
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Relatives of Colombians killed by paramilitary groups file complaint in US alleging that Chiquita executives committed crimes against humanity
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Class action complaint for damages against Cyrus Friedheim and Charles Keiser
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Victory in Chiquita Case as Florida Federal Judge Orders Case to Proceed in US Courts (English/Spanish)
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Claim against Chiquita for funding Colombian death squads to go to trial in U.S.
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Chiquita Brands International et al. Court order denying defendants' motion to dismiss
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Victims of Colombian Death Squads Can Move Forward With Case Against Former Chiquita Executives
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U.S. Appeals Court orders SEC to release Chiquita’s Colombian paramilitary payment files
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Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo y Corporación Jurídica Libertad instan al estado colombiano a que actúe ante la impunidad de Chiquita por pagos a paramilitares que cometieron crímenes contra sindicalistas
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U.S. top court rejects Colombian Chiquita human rights suit
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EarthRights Intl. expresses dismay at US Supreme Court's refusal to hear appeal in Alien Tort lawsuit against Chiquita
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Colombia: Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos rechaza demanda de organizaciones de derechos humanos por abusos de Chiquita Brands
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Colombians Ask US Supreme Court to Reverse Chiquita Decision
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Families of Victims Petition U.S. Supreme Court to Hold Chiquita Accountable
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US Court decision to dismiss lawsuit against Chiquita shows difficulties faced by victims to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses abroad, says academic
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Abogado de demandantes colombianos en caso contra Chiquita critica la decisión de falta de jurisdicción de la Corte de EE.UU.
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Plaintiffs’ counsel in lawsuit against Chiquita criticises US Court decision dismissing claim in press release
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Corte en EE.UU. rechaza demandas de más de 4,000 colombianos contra Chiquita por supuesta responsabilidad en muerte de familiares
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Cardona, Doe, Montes, et al. v. Chiquita Brands International - Decisión
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Chiquita wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuits over Colombian abuses
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[PDF] Antonio Carrizosa, et al v. Chiquita Brands International, et al
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Chiquita asks court to toss terror payments case [USA]
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Chiquita Loses Suit to Stop SEC [US Securities & Exchange Commission] Release of Colombia Records (1)
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Chiquita seeks dismissal in Colombian case
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Victims of Colombian Atrocities Win Right to Sue Chiquita for Complicity Under Colombian Law
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Chiquita Fails to Halt Suit Over Colombia Torture, Murder
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Court Documents Reveal Chiquita Paid for Security
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Chiquita Faces New Claims Over Colombia Terrorism [USA]
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Chiquita sued over Colombian bribes
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"Chiquita'' afrontará demandas por ayudar a las FARC
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Les bananes de la terreur
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[video] People and Power - Chiquita: Between life and law
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Chiquita Brands reveló los nombres de sus ejecutivos comprometidos con pagos a 'paras' en Colombia
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New report peels back layers on how, why Chiquita paid extortions to Colombian terrorists
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Congressman William Delahunt to Investigate U.S. Corporations' Support for Colombian Paramilitaries
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Ex 'paras' señalarían a más empresas de E.U. [Colombia] [requiere suscripción gratuita]
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SEIU Files Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit Against Chiquita, Calls for Fundamental Shift in 'Profit at Any Costs' Business Model
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Demanda civil contra Chiquita [EE.UU.]
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Chiquita sued in NY over killings in Colombia [USA]
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Podrían juzgar en Colombia a ejecutivos de Chiquita Brand
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Colombia mulls extradition of Chiquita executives
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Ex fiscal pide que se solicite en extradición a ejecutivos de Chiquita [Colombia]
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Chiquita fined $25 mln for Colombia terror cash
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Murder and the Banana Business
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Lawsuit: Chiquita Funded Terror Groups
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ERI Launches New Lawsuit Against Chiquita for Funding, Arming, and Supporting Colombian Terrorists
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Demandan a Chiquita en EEUU por presunta relación paramilitares en Colombia
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Demandan a Chiquita Banana en EU
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[PDF] The Corporate Citizen, April 2007 - An Excruciating Dilemma Between Life and Law: Corporate Responsibility in a Zone of Conflict
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