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Article

16 Mai 2011

Auteur:
Dan Kovalik, Huffpost World [USA]

Chiquita & the Colombia FTA -- Murder in the Interest of Profit

Recent documents obtained by the National Security Archive…from the U.S. Justice Department show that Chiquita…in direct contradiction of the claims of both Chiquita and the U.S. government for many years, made illegal payments to both guerrilla groups and then AUC death squads over the course of about 14 years in return for security from these groups…[T]he recently-released documents, which had been in the possession of the U.S. Justice Department, show that the Justice Department, as well as current U.S. Attorney General…who helped negotiate the plea deal as a defense lawyer for Chiquita, were…aware that Chiquita had been involved in a far worse crime (the knowing supplying of guns and money to a terrorist group in return for security) than they pleaded to and than they were punished for.