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November 21, 2011

Brazil: Indigenous Leader Assassinated By 40 Masked Gunmen 
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In Brazil, an indigenous leader in southern Brazil was assassinated on
Friday by 40 masked gunmen. The 59-year-old Nisio Gomes was killed just
weeks after his tribe returned to their ancestral land after being
evicted by cattle ranchers. Brazil's human rights secretary condemned
the murder as, "part of systematic violence against indigenous people in
the region."



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