Case chronicle and timeline

Drummond arrives in Colombia.

Augusto Jiménez is appointed President of Drummond Ltd.

Drummond begins construction of the mine and port.

Drummond exports its first ton of coal.

Three Drummond workers, members of the Sintramienergética union, are murdered by paramilitaries.

The families of the deceased union leaders and the union they belonged to, Sintramienergética, filed a lawsuit against Drummond Company, Inc. in a United States federal court.

A U.S. federal jury determined that Drummond and its executives were not responsible for the deaths of three union leaders at its mine near La Loma, Colombia, in 2001.

The Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld the ruling that exonerated Drummond and its executives in the case of the deaths of three Colombian union leaders, due to a lack of evidence.

In another case, Collingsworth and his team contact convicted paramilitary leader Jairo de Jesús Charris. This results in a change of testimony from him.

Collingsworth's legal team contacts the convicted paramilitary leader known as El Tigre. As a result, the witness changes his testimony regarding events he had previously discussed.

Jairo de Jesús Charris, who was the head of security for the food contractor ISA in 2001, was sentenced to 360 months (30 years) as a co-author of homicide by the 11th Specialized Criminal Circuit Court of Bogotá.

By means of an early sentence of September 15, 2009, the 11th Specialized Criminal Circuit Court of Bogotá declared Alcides Manuel Mattos Tabares, alias "Samario", responsible for the murders of the union leaders Locarno and Oscarsita, and sentenced him to 110 months in prison as a co-author.

Oscar José Ospino Pacheco (Alias Tolemaida) was convicted as a co-author of homicide for the same events by the 11th Specialized Criminal Circuit Court of Bogotá.

Collingsworth and his team contacted Libardo Duarte. This resulted in a change of testimony from him.

Collingsworth and his team contacted Jaime Blanco Maya. This resulted in a change of testimony from him.

Collingsworth and his team contact the paramilitary member known as Yuca. This results in a change of testimony from him.

Collingsworth and his team contact the convicted paramilitary leader José Gélvez Albarracín. This results in a change of testimony from him.

Drummond files a defamation lawsuit against Terrence Collingsworth and his law firm, Conrad & Scherer.

Former Drummond vice president José Miguel Linares assumes the position of president of the company.

Jaime Blanco Maya, a food supply contractor (ISA), was sentenced to 455 months (37.9 years) as a co-author of homicide by the 11th Specialized Criminal Circuit Court of Bogotá.

The appeals court upheld a federal judge's ruling dismissing a lawsuit alleging that Drummond Co. conspired with a paramilitary group to murder three union officials at the company's coal operation in Colombia.

The District Court judge dismissed the case against Drummond, determining that the court no longer had jurisdiction to hear the case, citing the United States Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v. Shell.

PAX presents itself as an organization based on a religious ideology, yet it publishes this report which does not respect the truth and is degrading to Drummond, its employees, and to Colombia.

Drummond is suing those who have accused the company of collaborating with paramilitaries responsible for human rights violations in Colombia. A filed lawsuit alleges that several lawyers and a Dutch competitor worked together to extort money from Drummond through false accusations against the company.

Faced with indisputable evidence, a judge established that "it is clear, and Collingsworth admits, that he made 'security' payments to multiple (at least six) witnesses in South America as part of his prosecution of claims against the Drummond coal company." Collingsworth only disclosed three of these payments to the court and to Drummond, even while under oath.

The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Drummond Company, finding that the plaintiffs relied on inadmissible and unfeasible rumors to support their claims.

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) accepts Jaime Blanco Mayo, sentenced to 38 years in prison in the ordinary justice system for the murder of the union members.

Despite the evidence provided by Drummond to demonstrate the proper conduct of the company and its directors, the Attorney General's Office calls José Miguel Linares and Augusto Jiménez to trial for alleged conspiracy to commit a crime.

Start of the preliminary hearings for the trial against José Miguel Linares Martínez and Augusto Jiménez Mejía.