Three indicted by Brazilian police for Amazon murders

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Three indicted by Brazilian police for Amazon murders

Source: BBC News

21 July 2011 Last updated at 00:48 ET
Three indicted by Brazilian police for Amazon murders

Police in Brazil have indicted three people for the killing of a couple of prominent environmental activists in the Amazon three months ago.

The campaigners were shot dead in a forest reserve in the northern state of Para.

The police said the couple had been opposing the eviction of rural workers from land owned by a local farmer, accused of arranging the killings.

The landowner and the two suspect gunmen remain at large.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14229371

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