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Brazil worker who protected indigenous tribes killed in Amazon [View all]
Source: BBC
Brazil worker who protected indigenous tribes killed in Amazon
9 September 2019
Police in Brazil are investigating the murder of an official who had worked to protect indigenous people from farmers and loggers attempting to seize land.
Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was reportedly shot twice in the head in the city of Tabatinga, near Brazil's borders with Colombia and Peru.
Union officials said Mr Santos was shot in front of members of his family.
The killing comes amid international outrage over the rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
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9 September 2019
Police in Brazil are investigating the murder of an official who had worked to protect indigenous people from farmers and loggers attempting to seize land.
Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was reportedly shot twice in the head in the city of Tabatinga, near Brazil's borders with Colombia and Peru.
Union officials said Mr Santos was shot in front of members of his family.
The killing comes amid international outrage over the rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49633136
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