GENOCIDE IN BRAZIL: THE MISSING MASS GRAVE WITH 1000 VICTMS OF “SÍTIO CALDEIRÃO”

THE MASSACRE OFF THE BRAZILIAN HISTORY BOOKS

In CEARÁ, BRAZIL, there was a massacre committed by army forces and military police of Ceará state in 1937, against the peasant community of Catholics of “SÍTIO CALDEIRÃO”, which had as its religious leader Blessed JOSE LOURENÇO, follower of Father CICERO ROMÃO BATISTA.

THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

The criminal acts took place initially through aerial bombardment, and then, on the ground, the military using various weapons such as rifles, revolvers, pistols, knives and machetes, killed women, children, adolescents, elderly, sick and all living things that was within reach of their arms, acting as if at the same time, were judges and executioners.

A CIVIL ACTION BROUGHT BY THE ONG “SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS”

As the crime committed by the Army and the Military Police of Ceará State was against humanity / GENOCIDE / CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY is considered inalienable by Brazilian law and by international agreements and conventions, and so the “ SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS”, an NGO based in Fortaleza - Ceará, Brazil, filed in 2008 a Public Civil Action in Federal Court against the Federal Government and the State of Ceará, requiring that: a) they inform on the location of the mass grave, b) exhumed and identified through DNA and buried with dignity all victms in the mass grave, c) the documents about the massacre be released to the public and crime should be included in Brazil history books, d) the descendants of victims and survivors are compensated in the amount of R$ 500 thousand reais, e) other applications

EXTINCTION WITHOUT TRIAL OF MERIT OF ACTION

The Public Civil Action was extinguished without ruling on the merits on 16/09/2009 by the 16ª Federal Court in the city of Juazeiro do Norte , Ceará, Brazil.

“SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS” APPEAL BEFORE THE TRF5ª REGION

The “SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS” disagreement with the magistrate's decision of the judge, appealed to the Regional Court of the 5th Region of Recife, with the following arguments: a) there is no limitation for the massacre of the “SÍTIO CALDEIRÃO”, because it’ s a crime against humanity, b) the remains of victims of the “SÍTIO CALDEIRÃO” not disappeared from the Araripe mountain (CHAPADA DO ARARIPE), and can be founded like the Czar of the Romanov family, who was killed in 1918 and found in 1991 and 2007;

“SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS” DENOUNCES RIGHTS TO BRAZIL TO THE OAS

THE “ SOS DIREITOS HUMANOS” , like the families of the victims of the Araguaia Guerrilla, reported in 2009, the Brazilian government in the Organization of American States - OAS, human rights violations perpetrated against the community of “SÍTIO CALDEIRÃO” na Chapada do Araripe, Crato, Ceará, Brazil.

THE "URCA" AND "UFC CAN FIND MASS GRAVE

The Regional University of Cariri - URCA, the Paleontological Research Laboratory - LPPU and the Federal University of Ceará can find the mass grave, as they have technology to do so.

Please help us to find the MASS GRAVE with technical suport or with people.

Peace and Solidarity,

Dr. OTONIEL AJALA DOURADO

OAB / CE 9288-55 85 8613.1197

President of SOS – DIREITOS HUMANOS

www.sosdireitoshumanos.org.br