The MST Peasant Leadership, José Roberto da Rocha, was murdered last Saturday, March 23, in the municipality of Alhandra, southern coast of Paraíba. On Sunday, his body was found charred under the ashes of his truck, which had been set on fire. Near the crime scene were found bullet capsules.
José lived at Camp Wanderley Caixe, in Pedras de Fogo, which is about 34 kilometers from the municipality of Alhandra, where he organized a new camp.
The reasons for death have not yet been disclosed, but the notorious murder of the organizer of the peasant camp occurs in a scenario of sharpness of the land struggle in the country and increasing the crimes of landowners and gun against land struggle.
A recent report from Reporter Brazil brought out the climate of constant threats lived in MST camps in states like Paraíba .