A Lawsuit in Ecuador

The case is now in its fourteenth year.
Ivan Kashinsky / Aurora

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Fajardo poses with case files. The lawsuit has gone through many phases. It is now in its seventeenth year. In early Febraury, Chevron struck the latest blow by filing a lawsuit alleging that dozens of people involved in the case, including Fajardo, conspired to manipulate the legal system to extort money from the oil company.

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