‘Life of a Colombian’ Insulted by Chiquita’s $1,300 Payout

The families of a group of victims murdered by a Chiquita-funded paramilitary group will receive a little more than $1,000 per victim—while their lawyer stands to collect more than $4 million in fees from the settlement he inked.

Though the lawyer responsible for the deal, Paul Wolf, says he’s proud of it, the payout is low when held up against a landmark verdict that came just days earlier awarding other plaintiffs each millions of dollars.

“The life of a Colombian is not worth $1,300,” the country’s President Gustavo Petro said in Spanish on X Wednesday of the settlement, which affects ...