uribito slapped with subpoena at Georgetown (Drummond paramilitary case)

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edit to add that subopena was handed to uribito yesterday after the conclusion of his lecture at Georgetown and story from Bogota is by El Espectador, not el tiempo.

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Former Colombian president Uribe subpoenaed

BY JIM WYSS
[e-mail]
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been subpoenaed to provide a deposition in a lawsuit against a U.S. coal company that allegedly supported right-wing death squads who killed at least 116 people in that nation.

Uribe is not directly accused of wrong-doing but may shed light on key issues in the case that is being tried in U.S. federal court, said Terry Collingsworth, the plaintiffs' lawyer.

The suit alleges that Alabama-based Drummond worked with the Colombian Army and the United Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC paramilitary group, from 1999-2005 to battle left-wing guerrillas that there were threatening its installations.

Collingsworth represents about 500 plaintiffs who say their family members were killed by the AUC during those operations.

Lawyers want to question Uribe about cooperation between the Colombian Army and the AUC, and what the government knew about Drummond's activities.

Collingsworth also said one of Uribe's aides was on Drummond's payroll at the time.

``What did Drummond get for their money?'' Collingsworth asked. ``Protection?''

More from the Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/04/1909303/former-colombian-president-uribe.html#ixzz14MoPeSOH

more from El Espectador in Bogota

Uribe recibió el llamamiento mediante el despacho de abogados Conrad & Scherer el miércoles, al concluir una charla en la Universidad de Georgetown, que lo invitó al recinto como académico distinguido.

-- uribe received the call (to testify) from the law office Conrad & Scherer on Wednesday, at the conclusion of a lecture at the University of Georgetown, which invited uribe as a distinguished scholar.

El bufete legal dijo en un comunicado que Uribe tendrá que prestar testimonio preliminar en el caso Drummond en las oficinas de Conrad & Scherer en Washington el próximo 22 de noviembre.

--- the legal office said in a communique that uribe will have to present preliminary testimony in the Drummond case in the offices of Conrad & Scherer in Washington on Nov. 22.

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Wonder what the Georgetown people who hired uribito are thinking now ....

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1. El Tiempo has more details (worth a read)

edit -- it is el espectador, not el tiempo.

forgot to include el espectador story, wich is a dispatch from the Spanish news agency EFE.


http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/actualidad/articulo-233143-uribe-recibe-citacion-explicar-papel-de-paramilitares-caso-drumm

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En años anteriores, Conrad & Scherer, junto a varias organizaciones, demandaron a compañías como Drummond, Oxy, Coca-Cola, Chiquita Brands en Colombia y a Dyncorp y Chevron Texaco en Ecuador, por crímenes contra sindicalistas y miembros de organizaciones sociales.

In previous years, Conrad & Scherer, togetheer with various organizations, sued companies such as Drummond, Oxy, Coca Cola, Chiquita Brands in Colombia and Dyncorp and Chevron Texaco in Ecuador, for crimes against union leaders and members of social organizations.

El tribunal federal de Birmingham dictaminó el pasado 30 de abril que los demandantes presentaron un "alegato viable" contra Drummond.

The federal court in Birmingham ruled on April 30 that the plaintiffs presented a "viable argument" against Drummond.

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2. uribe and the subpoena

I had written that uribito was "slapped with" and "handed" the subpoena. Actually he was "hit" with it. Literally.

Wonder where uribito's guards and the campus police who did not stop the activist from nearing the ex prez? Btw, Charity Ryerson has been around the activist scene for a long while. Interesting lady.

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An anti-Uribe activist at the Washington D.C. Georgetown University threw the subpoena at the feet of Colombia's former president, who is a guest lecturer at the Ivy League university. According to activist Charity Ryerson, "the former president was notified when the document touched his body."

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12739-uribe-subpoenaed-testify-drummond-case.html

The comments below the article above are interesting.