The complaint alleged that Nestlé was complicit in the murder of trade unionist Luciano Romero, a former employee of Nestlé’s Colombian subsidiary, Cicolac, for failing to take precautionary measures to prevent the murder. Romero was murdered by in Colombia by paramilitaries in 2005. The complaint claimed that Romero began receiving death threats after Cicolac falsely branded him a guerilla fighter. Nestlé refutes all allegations.