Kin of Missionaries Slain in Colombia Sue Chiquita

The families of five Florida-based missionaries kidnapped and slain by Colombian terrorists filed suit this week against Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International, accusing the well-known banana grower of providing the killers with money, guns and ammunition. Mark Rich, Dave Mankins and Rick Tenenoff were kidnapped in Panama by guerrillas and taken to Colombia in January 1993. Their bodies were never found, but a judge declared them dead in 2002. Steve Welsh and Timothy Van Dyke were abducted in 1994 from a mission school in Colombia, taken into the jungle and killed. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 22, 2008 01:50 PM