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Jagunços matam dois Makuxi em Rondônia

05/07/1990

Fonte: O Globo (Rio de Janeiro-RJ)



Documentos anexos


Dois índios Makuxi da maloca Jibóia, aldeia Santa Cruz, foram assassinados por Manoel dos Santos e Edson de Tal, ambos jagunços do grileiro Newton Tavares, presidente do PDS local e candidato a deputado federal. As autoridades locais já estavam cientes de ameaças que os indígenas vinham sofrendo. Conflitos na área só serão resolvidos quando as terras indígenas forem demarcadas.
 

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