payments to the paramilitaries, which converted #ChiquitaBrands into one of the most important financiers of #Colombia's national paramilitary structure, furthered the massive commission of #CrimesAgainstHumanity. On 5th of Nov 2001 ~3,000 AK-47 & 5 million rounds of ammunition, an arsenal transported on the ship #Otterloo, were unloaded in the port of #Zungo, docks belonging to #Banadex S.A., 14 trucks delivered the arsenal to the paramilitary orgs in #Córdoba & #Urabá.~ https://maps.southfront.org/the-multinationals-among-the-untouchables-of-the-colombian-conflict/

In exchange for a commitment by the federal prosecutors that they would not pursue #criminal charges, #Chiquita Brands' executives admitted that its subsidiary in #Colombia (#Banadex S.A.) paid approximately $1.7 million to paramilitary groups between 1997 and 2004 (including after the #USA Govt designated them as #terrorist organizations in 2001) and handed over thousands of documents related to the case.~
#Corruption #USA #Colonialism #Colombia #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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