World IN BRIEF : BRAZIL : Environmentalist’s Killers Are Hunted
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Police scoured the jungles of the western Amazon state of Acre for the escaped killers of Chico Mendes, the environmental activist who was gunned down in 1988. Darli Alves da Silva and his son, Darci, were convicted in December, 1990, of killing Mendes, an internationally known environmental activist and leader of Amazon rubber tappers. The slaying sparked worldwide outrage and focused attention on the environmental destruction of the Amazon. The Alveses escaped from prison with seven other inmates by cutting through bars on a window.
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