Drummond cleared in landmark Colombia rights case
Source: Reuters
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. coal company Drummond was acquitted on Thursday of liability over the killing of three union leaders in 2001 at a mine it operates in Colombia. The jury in what legal experts viewed as a landmark case rejected the plaintiffs' accusation that privately-held Drummond Company Inc. gave support to right-wing paramilitary groups that carried out the killings and was thus liable for the deaths.
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