Brazil farmer arrested again in American missionary’s murder - News Summed Up

Brazil farmer arrested again in American missionary’s murder


Regivaldo Pereira Galvão was detained this week after Brazil’s supreme court overruled a May 2018 injunction that had blocked him from serving his sentence in the killing. He was taken to prison Thursday. RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Brazil have again arrested a farmer convicted of ordering the 2005 assassination of American missionary Dorothy Stang. She worked as an environmental activist throughout Brazil, often in opposition to powerful agricultural and ranching interests. The two men shot Stang to death as she was walking to a community meeting to discuss protections for the Amazon.


Source: thestar April 18, 2019 19:05 UTC



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