What it means that Chiquita was held liable for paramilitary killings

Tampa Bay Times

July 13, 2024
A federal jury in Florida found that Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company. The verdict on June 10 by a jury in West Palm Beach marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of multiple similar lawsuits pending elsewhere in U.S. courts, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. [ AMY SANCETTA | AP ]

In a first, a U.S. jury found Chiquita liable for eight deaths for paying a terrorist organization to protect its banana-growing operations during Colombia’s civil war.