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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Colombia · 2007–2024

Florida jury awards $38.3 million over Chiquita's paramilitary payments

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Chiquita admitted in 2007 that it paid about $1.7 million to Colombian AUC paramilitaries and paid a $25 million fine. A Florida jury awarded $38.3 million to eight families in 2024, and the appeal is ongoing; the sources reviewed do not report a measured effect on nature.

What?
Chiquita admitted paying about $1.7 million to AUC paramilitaries in Colombia in 2007 and paid a $25 million fine. NPR (via Michigan Public)
Where?
Colombia (payments); Florida, United States (verdict). NPR (via Michigan Public)
When?
Admission in 2007; verdict in 2024. NPR (via Michigan Public)
Who?
Gained
  • AUC paramilitaries (Colombia) — received about $1.7 million from Chiquita, per Chiquita's 2007 admission NPR (via Michigan Public)
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Eight families (plaintiffs) — awarded $38.3 million by a Florida jury in 2024; appeal ongoing Bloomberg Law
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Payments were made to AUC paramilitaries in Colombia, as admitted by Chiquita. NPR (via Michigan Public)
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Chiquita admitted in 2007 that it paid about $1.7 million to AUC paramilitaries in Colombia and paid a $25 million fine (NPR; Bloomberg Law).

In 2024 a Florida jury awarded $38.3 million to eight families (NPR).

Bloomberg Law reported in 2025 that Chiquita was appealing the verdict.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. 2024Ongoing
      Florida civil verdict against Chiquita over AUC payments
      Florida jury (court not named in the sources reviewed) · Civil · Eight families → Chiquita

      A Florida jury awarded $38.3 million to eight families in 2024; Chiquita is appealing (Bloomberg Law, 2025). Bloomberg Law

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The outcome of the appeal is not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether other payments were made beyond the 2007 admission.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not report a measured effect on forests or wildlife.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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