Colombia Accuses U.S. Coal Miner Of Funding Paramilitary Group

The current head of Drummond in Colombia and his predecessor will be tried on charges of financing a paramilitary group, Reuters has reported, citing the office of Colombia’s attorney general. According to prosecutors, there was “abundant evidence” that Augusto Jimenez and Miguel Linares, who headed the company from 1990 and 2012, and from 2013 onwards, respectively, had used company funds for illicit support to a right-wing group. "Linares Martinez and Jimenez Mejia, between 1996 and 2001, increased the value of a food provision…