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Justice Condemns Union to Repair Canudos with Almost R$ 600 Mi in Investments for Massacre

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Sentence recognizes the Brazilian State's responsibility for the destruction of Antônio Conselheiro's Arraial in 1897;

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The Union was condemned to pay R $ 597 million to the municipality of Canudos on account of the massacre committed by federal troops against the community led by religious leader Antônio Conselheiro at the end of the 19th century. According to the decision of the Federal Court of Paulo Afonso this Thursday, the amount should be spent on the execution of projects, without the direct payment to the city. "The events related to the Canudos War reac…

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Sentence recognizes the Brazilian State's responsibility for the destruction of Antônio Conselheiro's Arraial in 1897;

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The Federal Justice determined that the Union allocated R $ 597 million to the municipality of Canudos as reparation for the destruction of the Belo Monte Arraial by federal troops, in 1897, and for the submersion of the area with the construction of the Cocorobó azude, completed in 1968. The sentence was handed down on Thursday, 12, by the Vara Federal de Paulo...

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Judge João Paulo Pirôpo de Abreu forced the federal government to invest in the city of Bahia for the massacre of 1897 and for the flood of the ruins in Açude Cocorobó

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BNews broke the news on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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