German Automaker Could Face US Lawsuit Over Alleged Link To Murders In Argentina's Dirty War

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Business Insider

German Automaker Could Face US Lawsuit Over Alleged Link To Murders In Argentina's Dirty War

Christina Sterbenz Oct. 14, 2013, 5:48 PM

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case accusing DaimlerChrysler AG (now Daimler AG) of collaborating to have left-wing sympathizers tortured or killed during Argentina's Dirty War.

Mercedes-Benz in Argentina, then a subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG, allegedly notified the Argentinian government of plant-workers subversive to the government in the 70s and 80s when a military dictatorship in Argentina kidnapped, tortured, and murdered almost 30,000 "subversives," notably labor union members and organizers.

A group of 22 survivors and heirs, all either Argentinian citizens or residents, sued DaimlerChrysler AG in California in 2005 under the Alien Tort Statute, which lets people sue foreign companies for human rights violations in U.S. courts.

They allege the company knew the Argentinian government would kidnap, torture, and murder these workers, thus silencing union activists.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-to-hear-daimlerchrysler-v-bauman-2013-10#ixzz2hmHxXx3z

[Ash_F]

1. We must stand together, across national boundaries, to face these scum.

They are loyal to no government or creed.

[Hestia]

2. When will they go after Ford Corp? They did the exact same thing - see

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

[Grins]

7. You beat me to it.

And you are exactly correct. "Shock Doctrine" had Ford's bloody hands all over the torture and murder of Argentinians in the "Dirty War", some of which happened in Ford plants with the knowledge of Ford executives. This could get ugly for Ford, too.

[greatlaurel]

3. This is inspiring.

These people are an inspiration to us all. Never stop fighting the corporate terror state. Even if they do not win, it still hits the corporate monsters right where it hurts, the pocketbook. The bad publicity will hurt the bottom line. Even if just a few people wake up and refuse to buy their products it is a victory for humanity.

Hopefully, Ford is next to be sued.

If they will treat their workers like this, what do you think they will do to their customers? Corporations only care about profit, not the quality of the product. Unsafe products are just fine as long as there is no government watchdog to catch the disastrous problems.

[L0oniX]

6. So in other words dirty corporations are for the US gov shut down...

so they can increase the pollution and poisoning. Yep that figures.

[L0oniX]

4. Add the Coke, Pepsi and Nestle union activist murders/assassinations.

[ck4829]

5. The Reagan Admin justified these regimes, saying they were authoritarian and not totalitarian

But you'd have to be insane to think there is anything justifiable about a regime that has employers tattle on their own employees over things like that.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. CHRYSLER was NOT part of this. It occurred BEFORE Diamler purchased Chrysler.

Chrysler was sold to Diamler in 1998 and then Diamler sold it to Cerebus in 2007.