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April 14, 2010

Brazilian Rancher Found Guilty in Murder of US Nun
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In Brazil, a Brazilian rancher has been convicted of ordering the 2005
murder of the American nun Dorothy Stang. Stang spent thirty years in
Brazil trying to prevent ranchers from taking the land of poor Amazon
farmers. On Tuesday, the rancher, Vitalmiro Moura, was found guilty of
organizing Stang’s killing and sentenced to thirty years in prison.
Another rancher accused in Stang’s death is set to go on trial later
this month.



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