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Brazil: Two Men Arrested in Connection with Amazon Environmentalist Murders

HeadlineSep 19, 2011

Brazilian authorities have arrested two brothers in connection with the murders of two Amazon environmental activists earlier this year. José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo, were killed in May. For years, they had been vocal critics of illegal loggers, cattle ranchers and charcoal producers that were operating in the Amazon.

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