Under protection: The environmentalist’s widow in Brazil who had to disappear to survive

Mongabay
Aug 28, 2026, 10:20 am93 ptsTrending
At around 1 a.m. on April 29, 2026, in a courtroom in Maranhão’s Bom Jardim district, Judge Philipe Silveira da Cunha publicly decided the fate of former military police officer Francisco da Silva Sousa. “The defendant is sentenced to 35 years and four months in prison, to be served initially in a closed…

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