Doe v. Chiquita Brands International
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Doe v. Chiquita Brands International is a federal class-action lawsuit filed on June 13, 2007 in a court of New Jersey, United States by Colombian families represented by EarthRights International (ERI), together with the Colombian Institute of International Law (CIIL), Judith Brown Chomsky, and Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP (SDSHH) against the Cincinnati, Ohio-based producer and distributor of bananas company Chiquita Brands International for funding and arming known United States syndicated terrorist organizations in Colombia in order to maintain its profits.[citation needed]
Chiquita Brands has admitted in federal court that a subsidiary company (which was subsequently sold) paid Colombian terrorists to protect employees at its most profitable banana-growing operation. As part of a deal with prosecutors, the company pleaded guilty to one count of doing business with a terrorist organization. In exchange, the company will pay a $25-million fine and court documents will not reveal the identities of the group of senior executives who approved the illegal protection payments.[citation needed]
