Another body found in Brazil near U.S. nun murder scene
{{byline|date=February 16, 2005 |location=ANAPU, Pará, Brazil}}
According to the Brazilian newspaper ''[[w:O Estado de São Paulo|O Estado de São Paulo]]'' the body of a prominent Brazilian agriculturalist was found on the morning of Tuesday, February 15, in [[w:Anapu|Anapu]], [[w:Pará|Pará]], Brazil.

The man, identified as the agriculturist Cláudio Branco who was also known by the nickname Mato Grosso, had received several gun shots to his chest. He was found in Anapu at Gleba Manduacari, on government property controlled by the agency Incra. The area was to be used by slain sister Dorothy Stang in a new project. 

Branco's body was moved to [[w:Altamira|Altamira]] for an autopsy.

==See also==
* [[American nun murdered in Brazil]], February 15, 2005
* [[A policeman is killed and another one is tortured in MST camp, in Brazil]], February 15, 2005

==References==
*{{source|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/nacional/noticias/2005/fev/15/206.htm 
|title=Outro corpo é encontrado em Anapu 
|author=Carlos Mendes 
|pub=O Estado de São Paulo
|date=February 15, 2005 }}

 
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According to the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo the body of a prominent Brazilian agriculturalist was found on the morning of Tuesday, February 15, in Anapu, Pará, Brazil.

The man, identified as the agriculturist Cláudio Branco who was also known by the nickname Mato Grosso, had received several gun shots to his chest. He was found in Anapu at Gleba Manduacari, on government property controlled by the agency Incra. The area was to be used by slain sister Dorothy Stang in a new project. 

Branco's body was moved to Altamira for an autopsy.
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