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Chiquita admitted they paid the terrorist organization to silence union organizers and
intimidate farmers into selling solely to Chiquita.
In 2007, Chiquita plead guilty to paying over $1.7 million
to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a US terrorist-designated organization.
Most of the production takes place on the northern coast, and is primarily controlled by two American fruit conglomerates:
Dole and Chiquita.
Del Monte and Chiquita both allow tours of their plantations where you will
watch the field hands cut the bananas from the trees.
Chiquita was also accused of smuggling 3,000 AK 47's to terrorists, but
the US Department of Justice and State Department refused to extradite the responsible employees.
One of the most alarming things about this story is that former
Attorney General Eric Holder served as Chiquita's attorney and represented the banana company during the scandal.
As Chiquita bananas says,“If you place your unripe Chiquita
bananas in the refrigerator, they may not be able to resume the ripening process even if they are returned to room temperature.”.