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> What's the evidence? You quoted the article, so I assume you read it. It states that "… the gold miners went to a bar in a near the border with Colombia, and
by alsetmusic 9y ago
> What's the evidence?
You quoted the article, so I assume you read it. It states that "… the gold miners went to a bar in a near the border with Colombia, and bragged about the killings." Also, that "[t]he indigenous affairs bureau conducted some initial interviews in the town…"
In this case, the evidence appears to be a report of public acknowledgement of the crime and statements given in private interviews.
Perhaps you were asking about the content of the interviews, but you didn't specify.
- meddlepal 9y agoThat's not evidence. Hearsay most likely. Definitely suspicious. I could walk into a bar tell everyone I killed someone and boast about it. I may become a suspect or person of interest to the police, but they're gonna have an awfully hard time pinning me with murder based on purely bar talk. Now if the police have bodies or weapons etc. then this is a different story. OTOH who knows how rigorous the Brazilian court system is...
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoNo idea what Brazilian law is regarding hearsay or even if they have a rule disallowing it, but at least in the US, this instance of hearsay would be allowed as evidence in court under the "statement against interest" exception to the hearsay rule.
- dogruck 9y agoAh, seems like an open and shut case. Some drunk braggarts combined with some loose talk around town. I'm convinced!
- pmarreck 9y agoThey also said that they had to either kill or be killed. Which you conveniently omitted. And given everything I've read about many of these tribes, they will not hesitate to fire arrows at you even if you're a futuristic helicopter hovering 300 feet above them simply observing