Brazil: Rancher Defies Court Order – Brazilian Indians Still Hostage

Brazil: Rancher Defies Court Order – Brazilian Indians Still Hostage A beleaguered Indian community in Brazil which has been cut off from the outside world by the rancher who has taken over their lands is still imprisoned, despite winning a recent court ruling. The Guarani community of Ypo’i returned to their ancestral land in 2009, which had been taken over by a rancher called Firmino Escobar. Mr Escobar then blocked the road leading to the Indians’ community, and gunmen surrounded their...

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