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5 Oct 2011

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Lawsuit profile: Occidental lawsuit (re Colombia)

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On 23 April 2003, residents of Santo Domingo, Colombia filed a lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and its security contractor, Airscan, Inc. in US federal court in California. The plaintiffs claim that both Oxy and Airscan...helped the Colombian Air Force (CAF) conduct an aerial bombing attack on Santo Domingo on 13 December 1998...The raid led to the deaths of 17 innocent civilians and injured 25 others. [includes links to news articles, statements and submission to court by plaintiffs and defendant companies, news articles, court opinions]

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