Justice understood that the accused would no longer have to take a sentence, because some crimes were prescribed
The result of the death sentence of the indigenous leader Marcos Veron happened “quietly” only at the end of last year, more than two decades after a crime, which was then a great repercussion. The decision of the first Federal Court of Dourados of October 2024 won the penalty of three accused convicts for kidnapping, torture and gang creation, during an attack that caused the death of a leader in January 2003 in the commune of Juti, 311 kilometers from Grande.
The process of the death of the native leader Marcos Veron, who took place in 2003, ended without convicted prisoners. The tribunal has expired the penalty of three accused convicts for kidnapping, torture and gang creation, accusing the prescription and time already fulfilled in pre -war. The crime occurred during an attack on the Brasilia to Sul farm, the area claimed as the native Earth of Taquar in Juti (MS). 72 -year -old Veron was beaten and died of injuries. The case generated national and international repercussion, but the dispute over the earth remains in court.
In practice, the court understood that the accused would no longer have to take the sentence. Part of the crimes specified in the departure timeIn the case of torture, the judge considered that the period in which they were arrested before the trial – almost five years – was enough to pay off. That is why he announced an extinct punishment, that is, he officially ended the obligation to punish the accused.
Conviction without punishment for murder – The judgment of the accused took place only eight years later, in February 2011, after referring the case to the São Paulo federal court by determining the STJ, in the face of questions about the impartiality of the local jury.
However, the popular jury did not recognize the crime of murder or tried murder against family members. The accused were convicted of six kidnappings, torture and gang creation. The penalties were 12 years and 3 months in prison, initially in a closed regime, but none of the defendants returned to prison after the sentence, based on time Already met in the preventive system.
The attack took place during a land dispute – The crime took place on January 13-14, 2003. During the attack on the Brasília farm to Sul, a dominating area as part of the native land of Taquar. Marcos Veron, then 72, led the Guarans-Kaiowá group, which tried to resume traditional territory, located in tomorrow.
According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the Townic group was surrounded and attacked by the security of farms and contracted bandits. Veron was beaten and died shortly thereafter as a result of injuries. His wife, children and other members of the community were also attacked.
The case generated national and international repercussion. The investigation was issued by the Federal Police and led to the care of three accused in the first half of 2003, which were later published in 2007.
Terra follows the court dispute – The area in which the crime took place lasts at the center of court dispute between the owners of Funai and the rural, directly including Guarans-Kaiowá and the Union. The partitioning, complex in 2001, is processed in the Dourados federal court and remains suspended by the Supreme Court’s decision due to the debate on the work of the temporary thesis.
Meanwhile, all lawsuits covering the demarcation of indigenous places or large partitions, such as Taquar’s native land, remain paralyzed.
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