German Automaker Could Face US Lawsuit Over Alleged Link To Murders In Argentina's Dirty War
German Automaker Could Face US Lawsuit Over Alleged Link To Murders In Argentina's Dirty War
Christina Sterbenz Oct. 14, 2013, 5:48 PM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case accusing DaimlerChrysler AG (now Daimler AG) of collaborating to have left-wing sympathizers tortured or killed during Argentina's Dirty War.
Mercedes-Benz in Argentina, then a subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG, allegedly notified the Argentinian government of plant-workers subversive to the government in the 70s and 80s when a military dictatorship in Argentina kidnapped, tortured, and murdered almost 30,000 "subversives," notably labor union members and organizers.
A group of 22 survivors and heirs, all either Argentinian citizens or residents, sued DaimlerChrysler AG in California in 2005 under the Alien Tort Statute, which lets people sue foreign companies for human rights violations in U.S. courts.
They allege the company knew the Argentinian government would kidnap, torture, and murder these workers, thus silencing union activists.
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