U.S. banana company Chiquita Brands International claimed press, individuals and organizations “seek to distort the facts” surrounding payments made by to Colombian paramilitary organization AUC. In a complaint filed...
Members of paramilitary organization AUC told the U.S. embassy that the 1997 Mapiripan massacre in central Colombia was “well coordinated in advance” with (elements of) the army, according to a released diplomatic...
The Colombian military tried to “cover up” the responsibility of a high-level commander in the 1997 Mapiripan massacre by falsely implicating a lower-ranked official, the state department said in a declassified 2003...
