Organisation: United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia

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business

Chiquita fined over payments to terrorists

Banana company Chiquita Brands International is to pay a $25m (€18.9m) fine after admitting it paid terrorists for protection in a volatile farming region of Colombia.

news

Paying the price for staying alive

world

Colombian militia leader’s disappearance sparks mystery

world

Groups added to EU's terror list

world

Colombia: Gunmen kill nine in front of families

world

Colombian rebels admit massacre

Alleged IRA member 'approached terrorists'

One of the alleged IRA members facing bomb-making charges in Colombia also offered to work for a right-wing paramilitary group, it was claimed today.

Fri, 24 Aug, 2001

Colombian rebels seize up to 207 workers

Suspected right-wing paramilitary fighters kidnapped as many as 207 workers off palm oil plantations in Colombia in what the army described as the country’s biggest mass kidnapping.

Thu, 17 May, 2001