Colombian takes BP to court over torture and kidnapping
May 26, 2015
Colombian takes BP to court over torture and kidnapping
posted by Torkan Omari
Oil giant BP has been charged of being complicit in the kidnapping and torture of a trade union leader in Colombia, British media reported.
In November 2014, BP received a letter from the British law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn representing Gilberto Torres, who was kidnapped by paramilitaries at a BP pumping station in Casanare, eastern Colombia, 12 years ago.
The kidnapping
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In an interview with UK newspaper The Guardian, Torres told how he saw the paramilitaries torture and kill another captive who had been accused by his captors of being a guerrilla of rebel group FARC.
“They hit him. They insulted him. They spat on him. They battered him, until he confessed that he was part of FARC. With that admission, he signed his death warrant. They shot him twice in the neck. They cut his head, his legs and his arms off. And at the end the commander with a machete started to puncture his corpse. I understood then that this was going to happen to me.”
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombian-takes-bp-to-court-over-torture-and-kidnapping/
LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141103086