Drummond mining company absolved of paramilitary charges
Drummond mining company absolved of paramilitary charges
Apr 7, 2015 posted by Alice Bradshaw-Smith
Multinational mining company Drummond has been cleared of charges of conspiracy with paramilitary groups after an investigation lasting several years.
The US Court of Appeals filed the case of Drummond on March 25, concluding that there was no evidence that the company or its executives had made payments to the now defunct paramilitary organization, the AUC.
Two executives of the mining company had been accused of having links with and participating in corrupt paramilitary activities in a lawsuit that was initiated primarily in 2009. Drummond Ltd. had allegedly financed paramilitary groups responsible for 2,600 homicides, massacres, forced displacement, and disappearances in the state of Cesar, as was detailed in an investigative report released by the NGO PAX last year.
The report was based on testimonies of former paramilitary commanders, contractors, and former employees of Drummond as well as other mining companies. It alleged that these companies were complicit in the extreme human rights violations which occurred as a result of the paramilitaries between 1996 and 2006.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/drummond-mining-company-absolved-of-paramilitary-charges/
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