Mining Executive Arrested over Two Union Deaths in Colombia
Mining Executive Arrested over Two Union Deaths in Colombia
Published 28 May 2015 (4 hours 17 minutes ago)
The official’s name was quoted by paramilitary members linked to the murders.
Alfredo Araújo Castro, former executive of the U.S.-based mining company Drummond, has been arrested over the alleged 2001 murder of two union leaders.
Araujo Castro lead the public relations department of the company, when the president and vice-president of worker's union Sintramienergética, Valmore Locarno Rodríguez and Víctor Hugo Orcasita, were killed by paramilitary members of the North Block of the United Self-Defense Forces on March 12, 2001.
At the time of their deaths, the union leaders had been involved in a complaint against Drummond over the quality of the food served to the miners.
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