Paramilitary to testify Drummond paid to kill unionists: Victims' lawyer .
Paramilitary to testify Drummond paid to kill unionists: Victims' lawyer .
Monday, 05 March 2012 18:15
Seth Robbins
A former AUC paramilitary member will testify before a U.S. court that Alabama-based coal giant Drummond Ltd. ordered his group to kill union organizers at its mine in Colombia, the victims' defense said Monday.
The member, who uses the alias "Samirio," will testify Tuesday during a hearing in a northern Colombian courtroom, according to attorney Terry Collingsworth.
Samirio is one of three paramilitary members whom an Alabama judge allowed to testify against the coal giant.
Collingsworth, representing more than 600 victims in the civilian case against Drummond, said in a press release that Samirio, whose real name is Alcides Manuel Mattos Tabares, will testify that the U.S. coal company made payments of millions of dollars to the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). He also said he would testify about how Drummond operatives directed the AUC to kill union leaders.
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