http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18918845
Federal police have arrested 18 people...including 6 ranchers...in Mato Grosso do Sul...for the murder of Guarani leader Nisio Gomes last November.
Gomes, 59...led his indigena peoples in retaking land after their eviction by ranchers.
A reluctant witness testified that Gomes was shot dead and his body was removed.
It has not been recovered.
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