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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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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 28, 2009
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To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS
Contact: Kevin Boyd, for Conrad & Scherer LLP, +1-954-288-9509
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 companys 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 ...