Colombia seizes assets of paramilitary death squad collaborators
Colombia seizes assets of paramilitary death squad collaborators
written by Stephen Gill May 3, 2016
Colombia has begun seizing properties of businessmen, ranchers and companies that collaborated with far-right paramilitary groups that have killed thousands and displaced millions of Colombians.
The Metropolitan Police of Pereira oversaw the forfeiture of the property of rancher Jose Leonidas Osorio who was linked to the Cacique Pipinta Front of the now defunct paramilitary group AUC.
The former commanders of the Cacique Pipinta Front have admitted to killing 140 civilians, including school teachers, human rights defenders and labor rights workers, incriminating numerous politicians and businessmen implicated in these crimes.
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The current investigation targets some 150 companies, entrepreneurs and ranchers who funded and supported extreme-right paramilitary groups like the Cacique Pipinta Front. The list includes multinational banana company Chiquita and prominent businessmen like the late “emerald czar,” Victor Carranza.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/163918-2/
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141435956
