After five days of trial, a jury ruled on Friday (25) Farmers condemn three to 12 years and three months in prison for crimes of kidnapping, torture and conspiracy that resulted in the death of the leader of the Guarani people- Caiovo, chief Marcos Veron, held in January 2003 in Juti (MS). Farmers, however, were acquitted of murdering. The Guarani-Caiovo people live in an area of \u200b\u200bconflict, whose rates of violence are the highest among all the indigenous communities. They were sentenced to serve time in a closed regime, but benefited from a habeas corpus, were not arrested after trial. A federal judge Paula Mantovani Avelino, of the 1st Federal Criminal de São Paulo, read the sentence in the plenary of the Forum Jarbas Noble, in the state capital.
Among those present were relatives of the Indians, who watched the session from day one, coming from Mato Grosso do Sul The trial started on Monday (21) in protest of the Indians, who demanded justice in front of the Forum Jarbas Noble. Stephen Romero, Roberto Carlos dos Santos and Jorge Cristaldo Insabralde were greeted with outrage by the forum members of the tribe. They were accused of aggravated homicide (because vile and cruel means) torture, qualified six attempts of murder, six counts of kidnapping, procedural fraud and conspiracy. Stephen was also sentenced today by procedural fraud. 24 others were denounced for their involvement in crime.
The jury was transferred from the jury of Dourados (MS) to Sao Paulo at the request of federal prosecutors, who argued that jurors would not have the necessary exemption in that state due to bias in the local society and the great power influence of the ranch owner claimed by the tribe of Veron, Honorius Jacinto da Silva Filho. He is accused of coercing the Indians to move their statements. The case gained notoriety because Veron has represented the community in international events. It is accompanied by the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and by non-governmental human rights concerns.
On January 12, 2003, the group would have pursued a vehicle and thrown against the Indians - two women, a teenager of 14 years and three children 6, 7 and 11 years. On the following morning, the assailants attacked the camp. Seven Indians were kidnapped, chained in the back of a truck and taken to remote location of the farm, where he passed through a torture session. Ladie said he had almost been burnt alive. His daughter, Geisabel, seven months pregnant, was dragged by the hair and beaten. Marcos Veron, the then 73 year-old was attacked with punches, kicks and rifle butts to the head. He died from head trauma.
Homicide rate among Guaraní-Caiovo is 20 times greater than SP
(Source: UOL)
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