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May 26, 2011

Husband-Wife Amazonian Activists Killed in Brazil 
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In Brazil, the murder of an Amazon environmental activist and his wife
is being investigated as a possible assassination. José Claudio Ribeiro
da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva, were shot to
death late Monday in a rural area of the Amazonian state of Para. While
details remain unclear, local police say the killings bear the signs of
a murder for hire. A leader on a rural, sustainable reserve, Claudio
Ribeiro da Silva was an outspoken and celebrated critic of illegal
logging in the Amazon.



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