Chiquita Held Liable for Deaths During Colombian Civil War

A South Florida jury found the company liable for killings committed by a paramilitary group that was on the banana producer’s payroll....

....The company has faced hundreds of similar suits in U.S. courts filed by the families of other victims of violence by the paramilitary group in Colombia, but the verdict in Florida represents the first time Chiquita has been found culpable. - NYT