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Dates: during 1968-1968
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Another former director, Moacir Ribeiro Coelho (1962-63), reportedly committed 41 crimes, ranging from embezzlement to loan-sharking with Indian Service funds. In Paraná state, Lauro de Souza Bueno and four of his relatives-all Indian Service employees-made a family affair of their corruption; according to the government, they embezzled Service funds and tortured and enslaved dozens of Indians. Vinhas, Ribeiro, the five Buenos and 52 other persons-more than half of them members of the Service-have been formally charged with crimes ranging from embezzlement and collusion in murder to slavery and misappropriation of Indian property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: The Vanishing Indian | 5/3/1968 | See Source »

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