[news] U.S. State Department intervenes to protect Occidental against lawsuit for human rights crimes

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"On December 13, 1998, the Colombian Air Force, which has received millions of dollars of assistance from [US based] Occidental Petroleum, bombed the small hamlet of Santo Domingo, Colombia, killing 17 civilians, including 7 children. As the LA Times later exposed, this bombing was planned in Room G of Occidental Petroleum's offices in CaZo Limon." "In response to this bombing, Colombian Plaintiffs who lost relatives in this bombing commenced an action in a federal court in Los Angeles[...]" "The State Department complied with this request, and, on December 23, 2004, sent a [...] letter to the court in L.A., now indicating that it believed the lawsuit would adversely impact U.S. foreign policy in Colombia and urging the court to dismiss the case."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/1/21/55734/7196