Pedro Alcantara de Souza

Pedro Alcantara de Souza (died 1 April 2010) was a Brazilian land reform activist operating in the state of Pará.^[1] He was shot dead on April 1, 2010.^[1] Souza was a farmers' union president, and city councilor of Redenção. In 2008, 20 killings were related to land issues in the Amazon.^[1]

Pedro Alcantara de Souza
Died	1 April 2010 Belém
Cause of death	Gunshot
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	Activist

Death and aftermath

De Souza was shot in the head five times^[2] by two men on motorcycles while he was riding his bicycle on the outskirts of the town of Belém.^[3] The assassination occurred shortly after the trial of a man accused of masterminding the killing of another rain forest activist in 2005, Dorothy Stang. She was an American nun shot and killed in 2005.^[4] Watchdog groups say that conflicts between powerful ranchers and poor farmers over land rights have led to 1,200 murders across Brazil in the last 20 years.

See also

• List of unsolved murders