(Bloomberg) -- As twilight fell on March 12, 2001, at
Drummond Ltd.'s coal mine near La Loma, Colombia, union leaders
Valmore Locarno and Victor Orcasita boarded a company bus with
their coworkers for the ride home. A few miles into the journey,
gunmen stopped the bus and took the two men away. They killed
Locarno on the spot, according to a complaint by family members.
Orcasita was bound and driven away, tortured, and found dead
with bullet wounds in his head. Months later, Locarno's successor
as union president, Gustavo Soler, also was slain, according to
the civil complaint filed in 2002 against Drummond Company Inc.
in federal court. The trial began today with jury selection in
Birmingham, Alabama, where Drummond is based.
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Drummond Ltd.'s coal mine near La Loma, Colombia, union leaders
Valmore Locarno and Victor Orcasita boarded a company bus with
their coworkers for the ride home. A few miles into the journey,
gunmen stopped the bus and took the two men away. They killed
Locarno on the spot, according to a complaint by family members.
Orcasita was bound and driven away, tortured, and found dead
with bullet wounds in his head. Months later, Locarno's successor
as union president, Gustavo Soler, also was slain, according to
the civil complaint filed in 2002 against Drummond Company Inc.
in federal court. The trial began today with jury selection in
Birmingham, Alabama, where Drummond is based.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
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