Doe v. Chiquita Brands International
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Doe v. Chiquita Brands International | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
Full case name | John Doe 1, et al. v. Chiquita Brands International, Inc., et al. |
Docket nos. | 2:07-cv-03406 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | John Michael Vazquez |
Doe v. Chiquita Brands International is a
The 144 plaintiffs allege that terrorists funded by Chiquita Brands killed 173 individuals of whom the plaintiffs were legal representatives. The killings took place over a lengthy period of time from 1975 to 2004 and most occurred in the 1990s and 2000s.
Chiquita Brands has admitted in federal court that a subsidiary company (which was subsequently sold) paid Colombian terrorists to protect employees at its most profitable banana-growing operation. As part of a deal with prosecutors, the company pleaded guilty to one count of doing business with a terrorist organization. In exchange, the company will pay a $25-million fine and court documents will not reveal the identities of the group of senior executives who approved the illegal protection payments.[citation needed]
See also
References
- "The Chiquita Papers: Banana Giant's Paramilitary Payoffs Detailed in Trove of Declassified Legal, Financial Documents", National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 340
- "Documents Implicate Colombian Government in Chiquita Terror Scandal", National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 217
External links
- Complaint
- CNN Defends Chiquita on a Very Slippery Slope, Columbia Journalism Review
- (in Spanish) Revista Semana: interview - "La justificación de Chiquita no es aceptable"[permanent dead link]
- International Rights Advocates - Doe v. Chiquita Jane/John Does 1 - 144 v. Chiquita Brands International, Inc, and David Does 1-10