Six months previously Zé Cláudio, as he was known, explained during a presentation on TEDx Amazônia that illegal loggers were causing a threat in the region and that he was living "with a bullet in the head"- he could be murdered at any time.
Seis meses antes Zé Cláudio, como se lo conocía, explicó durante una presentación de TEDx Amazônia que los taladores ilegales eran causa de amenaza en la región y que él mismo estaba viviendo "con una bala en la cabeza": podía ser asesinado en cualquier momento.