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A. Underlying Procedural and Factual Background
On February 13, 2003, Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Thomas Janis were flying over Colombia while performing counter-narcotics reconnaissance. Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) shot their plane down and, after the plane's crash landing, captured the group. FARC immediately executed Janis and took the survivors hostage, holding them for over five years. After they were rescued and returned to the United States, Stansell, Gonsalves, and Howes—along with Janis's wife, Judith G. Janis, as personal representative of his estate, and his surviving children, Christopher T. Janis, Greer C. Janis, Michael I. Janis, and Jonathan N. Janis—(collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a complaint against FARC in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida under the Antiterrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2333, naming FARC and a number of associated individuals as defendants....
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1) CONSOLIDATED BACKGROUND ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO STANSELL ET AL V. FARC LITIGATION AND OFAC CORRESPONDENCE
The Research System contains the following documents, all related to the same TRIA asset attachment litigation
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom. (Mercurio) (11th Cir. 2013) - OFAC Amicus Brief (2011)
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom. (Mercurio), 704 F.3d 910, 915–17 (11th Cir. 2013)
*Case No. FNK-2013-299796 (related to the Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces Colom. case above)
*Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia 771 F.3d 713 (11th Cir. 2014)
*Stansell et al v. FARC et al. 8:09-cv-02308-CEH-AAS (Dkt. 1197) (M.D.FL. 2019) – USG Statement of Interest (2019)
The litigation is fundamentally a FISA/TRIA attachment case, but some of the issues raised and resolved have implications for questions concerning OFAC's administration...