The Colombian press is reporting today that the Prosecutor General’s Office asked the U.S. Justice Department for information on twenty former executives of Chiquita Brands. The U.S. company was fined $20 million after it was found to have paid protection money to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) over a seven year period. According to Colombia Reports,
The AUC, in those days in control of the region where Chiquita was operating, committed numerous human rights violations against the population and murdered several unionists representing banana workers. So far, none of the Chiquita Brands executives were ever trialed in Colombia.
AUC sources indicate that Chiquita Brands was not the only company involved in the payments.
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