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Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Brazil · 2005–2019

Dorothy Stang killing

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
People
  • 1 people died.
    Dorothy Stang, killed 12 February 2005.
What the record lacks: 2 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Dorothy Stang was killed on 12 February 2005 in Anapu, Pará, Brazil. Two ranchers were convicted of ordering the killing; one of them was released in 2018 and ordered back to prison in 2019.

2Ranchers convicted of ordering the killing
Vitalmiro "Bida" Moura (30 years) and Regivaldo Galvão (30 years in 2010, reduced to 25 in 2017).

Status As of February 2019: the STF First Panel revoked the 2018 release of Regivaldo Galvão; no later development was found in the sources reviewed.

What?
Dorothy Stang was killed in Anapu, Pará. The gunmen and two ranchers who ordered the killing were convicted.
Where?
Anapu, state of Pará, Brazil; the PDS Esperança sustainable-development settlement.
When?
Killed 12 February 2005; Galvão's release revoked in February 2019. Jornal de Brasília
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
  • Dorothy Stang — Killed on 12 February 2005.
Harmed
  • Dorothy Stang — Killed on 12 February 2005.
Why?
The record gives what she opposed as land grabbing and logging around the PDS Esperança settlement.
How?
The gunmen were convicted and two ranchers were convicted of ordering the killing. The record does not describe how the killing was carried out.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Dorothy Stang was killed on 12 February 2005 in Anapu, in the state of Pará, Brazil. The research record gives what she opposed as land grabbing and logging around the PDS Esperança sustainable-development settlement.

The gunmen who carried out the killing were convicted. The record names Rayfran das Neves Sales among them.

Two ranchers were convicted of ordering the killing. Vitalmiro "Bida" Moura was sentenced to 30 years. Regivaldo Galvão received 30 years in 2010.

In 2017 the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) reduced Galvão's sentence to 25 years. In 2018 the STF (Supreme Federal Court) released him on habeas corpus. In February 2019 the STF's First Panel revoked that release and he was ordered back to prison.

  1. 2005Dorothy Stang killed on 12 February in Anapu, Pará
  2. 2010Regivaldo Galvão sentenced to 30 years for ordering the killing
  3. 2017STJ reduces Galvão's sentence to 25 years
  4. 2018STF releases Galvão on habeas corpus
  5. 2019STF First Panel revokes the release in February; Galvão ordered back to prison

How it looked

What was shown, beside what was recorded.

Shown

    Recorded

    • Dorothy Stang was killed on 12 February 2005 in Anapu, Pará.
    • The gunmen were convicted. Rayfran das Neves Sales is named among them.
    • Ranchers Vitalmiro "Bida" Moura (30 years) and Regivaldo Galvão were convicted of ordering the killing.
    • Galvão: 30 years in 2010; reduced to 25 years by the STJ in 2017; released on habeas corpus by the STF in 2018; release revoked by the STF's First Panel in February 2019.
      Jornal de Brasília

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. Claimant won
      Trial of the gunmen who killed Dorothy Stang
      Brazil (court not named in the record) · Criminal · Prosecution (not named in the record) → Rayfran das Neves Sales and other gunmen

      The record states that the gunmen were convicted and names Rayfran das Neves Sales. The sentence figure for Sales is not verified.

    2. Claimant won
      Trial of Vitalmiro "Bida" Moura for ordering the killing
      Brazil (court not named in the record) · Criminal · Prosecution (not named in the record) → Vitalmiro "Bida" Moura, rancher

      Convicted of ordering the killing and sentenced to 30 years. The date of the conviction is not given in the record.

    3. 2019-02Reduced on appeal
      Trial and appeals of Regivaldo Galvão for ordering the killing
      Brazil: trial court (not named), STJ and STF · Criminal · Prosecution (not named in the record) → Regivaldo Galvão, rancher

      Convicted of ordering the killing and sentenced to 30 years in 2010. The STJ reduced the sentence to 25 years in 2017. The STF released him on habeas corpus in 2018, and the STF's First Panel revoked that release in February 2019. Jornal de Brasília

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What nature saw

    Outcomes measured on the ground, and nature's note.

    Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.

    Deaths
    1
    Dorothy Stang, 12 February 2005, Anapu, Pará
    Ranchers convicted of ordering the killing
    2
    Moura (30 years); Galvão (30 years in 2010, 25 after the 2017 STJ reduction)
    Release of a convicted rancher
    Revoked
    Galvão released on habeas corpus in 2018; release revoked by the STF First Panel in February 2019

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
    Court ruling existsDeaths reported

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: a sentence of about 27 years for the gunman Rayfran das Neves Sales.
    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: the date and court of Moura's conviction are not given in the record.

    Did the harm stop?

    The record reviewed gives no information on whether the land grabbing and logging around the settlement stopped after the killing.

    Who paid?

    The record shows prison sentences for the convicted gunmen and for two ranchers who ordered the killing; one rancher's sentence was reduced on appeal. No compensation or fine is recorded.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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