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    What it means that Chiquita was held liable for paramilitary killings

    By William F. Felice,

    9 days ago
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    A federal jury in Florida found that Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company. The verdict on June 10 by a jury in West Palm Beach marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of multiple similar lawsuits pending elsewhere in U.S. courts, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. [ AMY SANCETTA | AP ]

    The human rights movement achieved a historic legal victory last month. The fruit giant Chiquita Brands (formerly known as the United Fruit Company, UFC) was found liable by a federal jury in Florida for killings that occurred between 1997 and 2004 by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group.

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    Even after the U.S.

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