Brazilian police arrest suspects in Amazon murders of environmentalists

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Source: The Guardian

Police in the Brazilian Amazon say they have arrested two men in connection with the murders of two rainforest activists who were gunned down in May.

José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo, were killed on 24 May, six months after Ribeiro da Silva had predicted he could be killed at any time, during an international environmental conference.

The activists were known for their vocal stance against illegal loggers, cattle ranchers and charcoal producers that were operating in Praia-Alta Piranheira, the remote Amazon settlement in Brazil's Para state, where they lived.

On Sunday, nearly four months after the killings, police said they had arrested two of their three prime suspects during a dawn raid on a jungle camp around 32 miles from the Amazon town of Novo Repartimento. Police said they had seized three revolvers and one shotgun during the raid.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/19/brazilian-police-amazon-murder-environmentalists

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1. God, human beings suck. I hope they prosecute the bastards.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, alp.

[tk2kewl]

3. How many police?...

That's a lot of police! :wow:

[Blue_Tires]

4. ttt

[L. Coyote]

5. How about arresting people who kill Indians too!

Time to end the killing of indigenous populations. When will the front lines of the Indian War stop overrunning the remaining few intact Native territories?

[Supersedeas]

6. We see who wins....those who love nature vs. those who love money