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BOGOTÁ — Dole Food Co. made regular payments for at least a decade in a banana-growing region to illegal far-right Colombian militias that killed thousands, according to a wrongful- death lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Dole is the second U.S. banana importer after Chiquita Brands International Inc. to be sued in the United States for such alleged behavior.
The plaintiffs are relatives of 51 men allegedly murdered by a militia. The victims were either involved in labor-union organizing or were small farmers fighting attempts by Dole to obtain their land, the suit claims.
In a statement, Dole said it “categorically rejects the baseless allegations.”
