king george and his merry band o' whiteboyz

locked up people for far less than what we KNOW (and they admitted they did) chiquita did regarding terrorist organizations. (it started way before king george's rule. i'm just wondering why THEY weren't punished during his reign since they did in fact associate with terrorists. others had to pay by being jailed with NO direct charges, no representation, no contact with their families AND some were tortured as well. seem fair to you?)

30 pieces of silver? hmmmmmmmmmm
(this is my seventh posting on chiquita. i'm not even going to link to the other ones. they all say the same thing. chiquita supported BOTH sides of TWO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. they paid a few pence for the cloth to wipe the blood off of their hands and now they want to just walk away. i'm sickened by it. that's it in a nutshell)


Chiquita seeks dismissal of Colombia death lawsuit
By CURT ANDERSON
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Chiquita Brands International asked a judge Friday to dismiss lawsuits claiming the banana company paid Colombian paramilitary groups that killed hundreds or even thousands of people.

Lawyers for Chiquita insisted that the money it paid over a seven-year period to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia had no direct connection to massacres, kidnappings, assassinations and acts of intimidation committed by the group in banana-growing regions.

"There are no allegations that Chiquita was directly involved in any of these incidents," said Gregg Levy, an attorney for Cincinnati-based Chiquita.

The company acknowledges a subsidiary had paid the right-wing paramilitary group _ known by its Spanish acronym AUC _ and another group. But its lawyers contend the company was essentially extorted by the groups that controlled areas where its bananas are grown.

But lawyers for the Colombian plaintiffs claim in the lawsuits that Chiquita should be held liable for billions of dollars in wrongful death damages, alleging it paid both the AUC and the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The U.S. lists both as terrorist groups........