US Edition
Chiquita Executives Jailed in Colombia, $3.4m in Fines Issued
15 Articles
15 Articles
On Wednesday, Colombian justice sentenced seven former directors of the multinational banana company Chiquita Brands to more than 11 years in prison and the payment of a $3.4 million fine for financing paramilitary groups during the internal armed conflict. A court in the department of Antioquia (northwest) sentenced former executives of the U.S. company in Colombia, “to a prison sentence of 11 years and three months for the crime of conspiracy …
The Sixth Criminal Court of the Specialized Circuit of the Colombian department of Antioquia handed down a historic sentence condemning seven senior executives of the multinational Chiquita Brands for their association with paramilitarism in the country. READ ALSO: Uribismo: Poder, Corrupción y Guerra The defendants, identified as Javier Ochoa Velásquez, Víctor Manuel Henríquez Velásquez, Jorge Alberto Cadavid Marín, Reinaldo Elias Escobar de la…
For the first time, senior executives of a multinational company face long prison sentences and millions of fines for being responsible for financing illegal armed groups
Yohir Akerman, the Columnist Who Testified in Favor of the Paramilitary Financing of Chiquita Brands
Chiquita Brands financed paramilitaries in Colombia. Yohir Akerman testified in favor of Chiquita, which shows how the media elite tried to cover up the case The Yohir Akerman article, the columnist who testified in favor of Chiquita Brands' paramilitary financing, was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
They condemn seven banana growers from Chiquita Brands for having financed paramilitaries The sentence of a court sentence from Antioquia pointed out that the former workers of the multinational will have to pay a sentence of 11 years in prison for the crime of concert to commit a crime. There is already a warrant against them. In a historical sentence [...] La entrada Colombia The justice sentenced seven executives of Chiquita Brands for finan…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
