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Indeed a group of [[Ecuador]]an peasants filed a class action against the company in September 2001. The suit alleges that herbicides spread by DynCorp in Colombia were drifting across the border, withering legitimate crops, causing human and livestock illness, and, in several cases, killing children. Assistant Secretary of State Rand Beers intervened in the case right away telling the judge the lawsuit posed "a grave risk to US [[national security]] and foreign policy objectives."
In this regard, concerning the company's activities and alleged abuses in Colombia, an extensive accusation was presented against DynCorp at the Hearing on Biodiversity of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, session on Colombia, which took place at the Cacarica Humanitarian Zone from February 24 to 27, 2007.<ref>[http://www.colectivodeabogados.org/article.php3?id_article=1110 "Accusation against the Transnational DynCorp,"] Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, February 2007.</ref>
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