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NEWS FROM BRAZIL supplied by AGEN (Agencia Ecumenica de Noticias)
and Servico Brasileiro de Justica e Paz.
Number 96, September 16, 1993
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- Judge orders the arrest of 19 miners suspected of Yanomami
massacre
On September 13th, the federal judge of Roraima, Renato
Martins Prates, ordered the arrest of 19 more miners accused of
planning and participating in the recent Yanomami massacre, in
which at least 16 indians were killed. Last week, the judge
decreed the arrest of 4 miners, but so far only one has been
taken into custody. According to Prates, most of the miners
accused are known only by their nicknames and have no fixed
address. All are missing.
The judge also said that the miners may well be charged with
the crime of genocide, which carries a sentence of between 12 and
30 years.
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