SAO PAULO– SAO PAULO (AP)– Brazilian cops were examining the fatalities of 2 males in a strike on an employees’ negotiation in Sao Paulo state, authorities stated Saturday.
Brazil’s Landless Employees Activity, called MST, stated 10 individuals attacked a negotiation in Tremembe, a city regarding 90 miles (145 kilometers) northeast of Sao Paulo, and discharged on participants of the team late Friday.
Gleison Barbosa de Carvalho, 28, and Valdir do Nascimento, 52, were eliminated, and 6 others were hospitalized with injuries, state cops stated.
Cops stated one guy was jailed which the situation was being checked out for feasible costs of murder, tried murder and unlawful belongings of a gun.
” Statements from the targets showed that suspects in automobiles and bikes opened up fire” on them, regional cops stated in a declaration.
The Landless Employees Activity, among Latin America’s biggest and most significant social motions, was started in 1984. Its main political tactic is promoting encampments on l and it claims is unproductive.
The MST stated the targeted negotiation has actually been under stress from property designers due to its critical area near traveler locations.
” For several years, the worked out family members have actually endured continuous dangers and browbeating, in spite of many grievances made to state and government authorities,” the team stated.
Paulo Teixeira, Brazil’s preacher of Agrarian Growth and Family members Farming, called it “a really severe criminal offense” in a blog post on X on Saturday mid-day. He stated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advised him to take a trip to Tremembe to keep an eye on the situation.
A Justice Ministry declaration Saturday stated the government cops will certainly additionally check out.
” An extensive examination is important to hold the offenders liable,” Chief law officer Jorge Messias additionally stated on X.
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