# Did Coca-Cola torture and kill workers in Latin America?

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> **[Did Coca-Cola torture and kill workers in Latin America?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2622/did-coca-cola-torture-and-kill-workers-in-latin-america/)**

A previous thread in GQ: [Does Coca Cola use paramilitary groups to kill trade unionists in Columbia? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256885)

Deval Patrick, the Coke lawyer mentioned in Cecil’s 2005 column, later served as Governor of Massachusetts: [Deval Patrick - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deval_Patrick)

Here’s a 2010 article in _The Atlantic_ that may be of interest: [The Pause That Represses? Coca-Cola's Controversies - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/10/the-pause-that-represses-coca-colas-controversies/64456/)

A quick Google search does not suggest there’ve been any breakthroughs in the Isidro Gil murder case since 2005.