Chiquita Papers
Oct 8, 2014 | Blog Post br>
OCTOBER 8, 2014
tags: 9/11, Chiquita Brands International, Eric Holder, National Liberation Army (ELN), Popular Liberation Army (EPL), Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), terrorism, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), victims
by Michael Evans
A March 2000 Chiquita memo says that illegal payments were "for info on guerrilla movements."
A March 2000 Chiquita memo says that illegal payments were “for info on guerrilla movements.”
Oct 8, 2014 | In the Media br>
Nov 20, 2013 | Blog Post br>
Judge Rejects Chiquita’s Effort to Block Release of Documents on Terror Payments
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
tags: AUC, chiquita, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, terrorism, united self-defense forces of colombia
by Michael Evans
A March 2000 Chiquita memo says that illegal payments were "for info on guerrilla movements."
A March 2000 Chiquita memo says that illegal payments were “for info on guerrilla movements.”
Jun 3, 2011 | Blog Post br>
Big Victory for Plaintiffs in Chiquita Paramilitary Suit
JUNE 3, 2011
tags: chiquita, Colombia, human rights, paramilitaries
by Michael Evans
The handwritten notes of Chiquita Senior Counsel Robert Thomas indicate awareness that payments to paramilitary front company "disguised the real purpose of providing security."
Apr 8, 2011 | In the Media br>
Apr 7, 2011 | Briefing Book br>
Bogotб, Colombia, April 7, 2011 - Confidential internal memos from Chiquita Brands International reveal that the banana giant benefited from its payments to Colombian paramilitary and guerrilla groups, contradicting the company's 2007 plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors, which claimed that the company had never received "any actual security services or actual security equipment in exchange for the payments." Chiquita had characterized the payments as "extortion." These documents are among thousands that Chiquita turned over to the U.S.