Alvaro Uribe subpoenaed in U.S. death squad lawsuit
Former President Alvaro Uribe has been subpoenaed to provide a deposition in a lawsuit against a U.S. coal company accused of supporting right-wing death squads in Colombia. The Miami Herald reports: The suit alleges that Alabama-based Drummond worked with the Colombian Army and the United Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC paramilitary group, from 1999-2005 ...
Former President Alvaro Uribe has been subpoenaed to provide a deposition in a lawsuit against a U.S. coal company accused of supporting right-wing death squads in Colombia. The Miami Herald reports:
The suit alleges that Alabama-based Drummond worked with the Colombian Army and the United Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC paramilitary group, from 1999-2005 to battle left-wing guerrillas that there were threatening its installations.
Collingsworth represents about 500 plaintiffs who say their family members were killed by the AUC during those operations.
Former President Alvaro Uribe has been subpoenaed to provide a deposition in a lawsuit against a U.S. coal company accused of supporting right-wing death squads in Colombia. The Miami Herald reports:
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