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Article: Federal Lawsuit Alleges U.S. Mining Company Drummond Paid Millions to Colombian Paramilitary Terrorists Who Killed 67; Including 'Execution' of Union Leaders.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- June 13, 2009
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A federal lawsuit alleges the Drummond Company paid millions of dollars to a Colombian paramilitary terrorist group that while acting as paid "security" was responsible for the deaths of 67 people in a plot to disrupt union activities at the company's South American coal mining and railway operations.
The civil lawsuit accuses Drummond of paying the right-wing United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to protect their business interests in the Cesar and Magdalena provinces of Colombia, and to terrorize and murder innocent residents in the region who they perceived as sympathetic to leftist guerilla groups and supportive of local union organizations. The suit ...