by ADRIAAN ALSEMA
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads.
A group of 500 Colombian victims of the paramilitary violence demand compensation from Drummond and claim Uribe “has direct knowledge of a number of key cases, including until what point the armed forces supported the paramilitary protection of mining properties of Drummond,” Terry Collingsworth, the attorney of victims of the paramilitary organization AUC, told radio station La FM.
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