In a note signed by 48 entities, the CPT (Commissão Pastoral da Terra) and the SDDH (Sociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos) demanded a quick clarification of the massacre of a family of three riverside dwellers in the municipality of São Félix do Xingu, 1,050 km away. southwest of Bethlehem.
The bodies of José Gomes, Zé do Lago, 61, his wife Márcia Nunes Lisboa, 39, and daughter Joane Nunes Lisboa, 17, were found last Sunday (9), around the family’s house, on the island of Cachoeira. do Mucura, on the Xingu River. All were shot. 18 capsules were found.
This information was collected by CPT. Through the press office, the Civil Police told leaf that it cannot even confirm the name and age of the victims “so as not to interfere with the progress of the investigations”.
“Given the type of weapon, the number of shots fired, the fact that none of the family’s belongings were taken, the way the murderers surprised the victims by not allowing anyone to run and try to escape, this is an execution, most likely, on command. someone”, says the note headed by the CPT, linked to the Catholic Church.
Zé do Lago’s family had lived in the region for about 20 years and participated in a turtle breeding project.
According to the CPT, the area is part of the APA (Environmental Protection Area) Triunfo do Xingu, under state management. It is one of the conservation units with the most deforestation in the Legal Amazon, according to monitoring by Imazon (Instituto do Homem e do Meio Ambiente da Amazônia).
São Félix is the municipality with the largest cattle herd in the country, with 2.4 million head of cattle in 2020, according to the IBGE.
In the last four decades, 62 workers and rural leaders were murdered in São Félix. None of these crimes were brought to trial, according to a CPT survey.
In view of the repercussion of the case, Governor Helder Barbalho (MDB) stated, on his Twitter account, that he spoke with the delegate-general of the Civil Police of Pará about the case and that an inquiry was opened to investigate the massacre. As of this writing, no one has been arrested.
The CPT note points to a lack of answers to the problem of deaths in the countryside.
“In May 2021, the CPT and SDDH presented to Segup (Secretariat of Public Security), a list of nine peasant leaders, murdered between 2017 and 2021 only in the south and southeast regions of the state where the crimes had not yet been clarified. and those responsible identified and punished. The Secretary of Public Security requested 15 days to give an answer, but, after eight months, no answer was given”, says the text.
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