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The Crisis
An investigation into the deadly fight over the environment and who controls it. In Season 1 we delve into the murders of three Colombian coal miners who were working for an Alabama coal company, and unravel a decades-long saga of bribery, scandal, civ...
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Introducing: The Crisis
01:58A coal company from Alabama. Two murdered union leaders in Colombia. A civil war. And a new way of looking at environmental crime.
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1. START HERE: Victor and Valmore [English]
10:06START HERE. Two coal miners are murdered setting off a decades-long saga that changes the lives of people in Colombia and the United States forever.2. CHAPTER 1: The Union [English]
42:09A coal company from Alabama opens up a mine in Colombia during a civil war. And members of the miners union start receiving death threats.3. CHAPTER 2: Witnesses [English]
20:06An American lawyer decides to take on the union’s case. But first he needs to find people willing to testify.4. CHAPTER 3: The Fish Dies by Opening its Mouth [English]
39:31The trial is on. Terry’s out to prove that Drummond had a hand in the murders. But will an Alabama jury agree?6. CHAPTER 5: Confessions [English]
36:47Our reporting turns up other accounts of how the killings went down -- including an interview with the man who went to prison for the murders.This episode was altered for clarity since it was originally published on March 30, 2021.5. CHAPTER 4: Hung Out to Dry [English]
42:58What do a Drummond executive, an ex-NBA star, and a small town outside of Birmingham have in common? A bribery scandal that rocked the state of Alabama.